It makes a difference...

[MajestyJo]

Saturday, January 11, 2014

You are reading from the book Today's Gift

It does make a difference what you call things.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin

Most of us think of dandelions as weeds. We buy special tools and poisons when they crop up and complain about them as surely as we welcome the spring that brings them. Yet is there anything more lovely than a sea of yellow dandelions by the side of the road in June? Or as remarkable in transformation as the filaments of the mature dandelion blowing on the wind? Sometimes we let someone else define for us what are weeds and what are flowers. We don't have to. Much of the beauty of the world is that we ourselves decide what is beautiful according to our own feelings. How lucky we are that, when we choose to, we can open our eyes and see!

Can I see the beauty in those around me right now?

So true, so much is my attitude and perspective on things. If I don't look past what I don't like, I won't see the whole picture, and will be missing out on the beauty of others and myself.