If we look we'll see the magic, the wonder and the beauty of nature. We'll see sights that will make our hearts expand with pleasure and happiness pulling us, if only for a short moment in time, away from the abyss of stress that everyday living can cause. With eyes wide open, we will look at things that are old with an eye that sees its beauty, not with the jaundiced eye that has taught us to view all things old as dispensable. Old is beautiful if we look with eyes of acceptance and love. Viewing things differently can change our perspective and help our lives take on new meaning.
If we keep our eyes wide open, we will notice the wondrous sunsets, each different but each beautiful, much like people. We will look at the many faces of the Fraser River and see how the light and weather conditions can change each scene before us, IF we are looking. We can appreciate what is on our own doorstep and marvel at the beauty, serenity, history and life before us.
Like so many things in life, we may see something of beauty that could so easily have been missed. The fungus, if it hadn't been for its vibrant and vivid colour, would have been lost amidst the ferns and leaves that surroundeded it had we not been looking. It was another of nature's amazing creations, impossible for man to duplicate in its perfection.
The fungis, (what an ordinary name for something of such beauty), its edges ruffled like gathered lace was a lighter shade on its underside. It was as beautiful as any flower in a well-tended garden or greenhouse, made even more lovely because of its natural surroundings. No artist could improve on this masterpiece of nature.
On the same hike we saw them, roots firmly entrenched, not giving up what was theirs, they belonged. They had probably been part of the forest for over a hundred years. Not all of us have roots so entrenchd, so firmly planted, so determined not to give up. But it would take nothing less than a disaster to wrench these roots free from where they belonged. What we can see when we were looking!
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