(If we live with an open and grateful attitude, every
day will bring a gift. This is one of 365 gifts during the year I turned 70.)
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| Each purple bloom is smaller than a dime. |
It is so easy to miss little things—like a subtle
smile or tiny orchid-like weed blooms mixed in with my azaleas. Although I wasn’t
looking for them, I noticed tiny purple blooms each smaller than a dime. The azaleas
bloomed long ago and will not bloom again until spring of 2016. Perhaps this is
a good time for purple blooming because, otherwise, they would have been missed
in the vibrant azalea bushes.
If I had not taken time out just to walk about and
observe, I would have missed this beautiful weed. Sometimes, caught up in quick
days, I forget to slow down and look just for the sake of what I might see. Today
I was rewarded and most days when I do this, I see new things. Years ago, when
youngest daughter Lauren was about 2 ½, I was walking in the yard with her. At
her age, everything was an adventure and everything was worth appreciating. At
one point, she ran and picked up a knotted twig. “ET,” she exclaimed. Indeed
the knotted section with the attached long neck really did look like ET. I
certainly would have missed this. This yard walk with a child reminded me to
explore like a child.
I wonder how many small beauties I miss every day.
My
gift today is tiny purple blooms.
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