Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Today I Give Thanks for Unexpected Intrusions of Beauty




Thankful Everyday 4-1-25

Today I give thanks for the unexpected intrusions of beauty surrounding me each day.  As I sat down for morning prayer, I was startled by this scene.  How often have I seen exactly this and yet not noticed, not really looked closely?  Early light raking across a gracefully curving, handmade jar that I purchased from the potter over fifty years ago.  A time when adult life was just beginning for me.  My sense of awe immediately brought me into the realm of memory.

I needed this.  March felt barren.  Hard to get started each day.  The same tasks over and over again.  How much did I miss by rolling down that rabbit hole of “blah-ness”? 

May I take time to notice these magical interruptions – every the tiniest ones – and give thanks.

"Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is."  - Saul Bellow


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