Look closely and you’ll see…..
Dear friends,
When you look
closely at something, what do you see? What happens when a sight captures you
instantly and leaves you in amazement beyond your understanding? I can tell you
what you see. Spring time is my favorite season as far as nature is concerned. Running
over green meadows, walking through enchanted forests, listening to the songs
of the birds, sitting by the lake listening to the sparkling water while enjoying
the sun warming my face, I feel free.
Gone are the
days of the confinement of winter. Gone are the chills that hold many creatures
in captivity during the frigid temperatures and hostile conditions. As new life
is bountiful everywhere, something captures my sight. Far in the distance I see
something I have never seen before. I decide to get up from my bench and
approach it. Bigger and bigger it seems the closer I get. Smaller and smaller
do I appear as it stands mightily in front of me. It even blocks the sunlight. “What
is this?” I ask myself. Failing to remember what my Biology teacher once told
me, I realize that it does not really matter. What does matter is the amazement
that I felt on that particular day. “Capture this,” an inner voice told me. I
took my camera and held it against the branches. An inner voice instructed me
to use the zoom. Knowing that orders from within are usually of celestial
nature, I followed my order and held my camera against the object. In
astonishment of its beauty, I took a picture of it. As I looked closely, I saw
something. Not just something. I realized that this was beauty that only the
divine could create. Petal after petal flawlessly aligned next to each other, each
contributing its fragment to the seamless whole in pure perfection.
The outcome is
the photo included in today’s post. Isn't it beautiful? Aren't these blossoms
amazing? The outcome was my astonishment of divine beauty entailed in details
that can only be captured when you look at the blossom of a tree in the spring
closely.
Friends, take
some time out of your busy days to do just that. Go to the park on a sunny
afternoon. Go look at the blooming trees and colorful spring flowers. Look
closely though. You won’t see divine perfection unless you do so. Look closely
and be astonished. It always works for me especially when I feel depressed and
deprived of nature’s beauty after a long, cold winter.
Love,
Barbara
Copyright © 2015 by Barbara Bullock
Photo credit © 2015 by Barbara Bullock
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