Swaying in the calm breeze, the vibrant purple flowers turned their teacup faces toward the sun. Being. Neither toiling nor spinning. Beautiful. Waltzing with honeybees. Impacting. Beautifying and sustaining the chaos. Life.
This was what I did for our first day of class. Sat outside in the cool breeze and watched a flower display fully it's purpose in existing. Dr.Szabo told us to take 15 minutes, I could have taken longer. But in the brevity of my observation I was amazed to rediscover what I'm often too distracted to notice: God breathing life, sustaining life, being glorified by life. At first when I sat down I just saw some flowers, but I forced myself to be still. Soon after, the flowers reminded me of beauty. How beauty is natural, a reflection of God, and how it “simply is.1”Then I thought of how shallow and restricted my understanding of beauty is: fashion, definable, physical and fading. If only we looked more upon God's face, and less at our own, we would be doing ourselves and everything around us a bigger favor. We would transform from temporary to eternal. We would spread life. We would just be.
Sincerely,
Maria
1“Beauty is not caused, it is.” - Emily Dickinson
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