I took a walk last week . . .
. . . and on this walk I came across these, growing along the side of the road, by the small bridge
I often cross to get to the bay. There was just a handful all by themselves, and as insignificant
as they looked as I started to pass by, I without hesitation knelt to the ground and it was love at first site!
This image reminds me of simplicity. The simple things in life that are not complicated, which are not pretentious, and that bring an incredible feeling of happiness for me in the form of joy. That moment when I was looking through my lens, the beautiful golden light that washed over the flowers and the way that they gently danced in the breeze. . . .it was a moment of absolute contentment, and of simple joy.
{Sigh} . . .
This image and that moment remind me that joy is not found in the waiting, and certainly not in perfection. In fact I think most of my joy comes from those imperfect moments, the ones I don't plan . . . the ones I find in the now. It reminds me that no matter who or what tries to beat me down, that amidst the chaos of life and its difficulties, that I can still choose to be joyful in the simple things around me.
Because if I don't choose joy now . . . then when?
Love, Kim
XO
