I am sitting here in my office going through my photographs. I love to do this because I get to remember the feelings of all the places we have been and things we have done together. I also love to edit my pictures it brings me a great deal of satisfaction to make things more beautiful. I love this photo because it reminds me of some very important things. When I look at it I first see a very delicate and beautiful part of the tree. The colors are gorgeous and vibrant! The soft vevlety red and the smooth shinny green, it all comes together to make something very simple but extraordinary at the same time. I think that is very much how we are. We are made up of mostly the same things. We all have bodies that have the same parts with some differences. While one may have long flowing hair another may have beautiful green eyes, some may be short while others long and lanky. We all have talents both obvious and hidden. There are many wonderful gifts we have all been given to enrich our lives while we are here. Most of the time to those around us we look very ordinary like the leaves on the tree look ordinary to the other ones just like them. But, if you look closely enough you will see the majesty in each individual. For like this little collection of life it was designed for a purpose, perhaps more than one. To bring joy? Beauty? To further the life of the tree? Much like the leaves we are meant to bring joy to others as well as ourselves, to share our beauty and rejoice in the individual divinity we all have. We have the ability to look closely and see the talents we have both inside and out. We are blessed with a divine heritage that is forever ours. Like the little leaves we probably don't even know the extent of our reach to others. We affect others every day. We shape and mold our children, we may brighten a strangers day with a "Hello" and a smile. We always have the choice to lift others or hide away. I challenge you to look closely, to see the hidden talents in yourself and others. To see the divinty you have in side and to realize your beauty. You were given this life for a reason, you chose to come to earth and take the challenge. That challenge is not one dimensional, not for only one thing, not to meerly make it through,but for many important things. See what you can do today to "look closely and see". You might be suprised as to what you find!
