From where I stand

From where I stand

There is so much beauty in the world. Much of it goes unseen or at least unappreciated. There are places where it may be difficult or at least take time to find the beauty in a place. There are places that are so saturated with beauty that much of it may go unseen, or at least unappreciated.

I think of a trip to Point Lobos often called “The greatest meeting of land and sea.” There are many scenic vistas, around every corner something new to see and something new to marvel. In the midst of such grandeur some things may get lost, if you let them. They exist as a brushstroke of a greater masterpiece. Yet, when one takes time to examine these brushstrokes a whole new world emerges. When the focus is shifted from wide angle to macro, whole new beauties begin to emerge. As I sat there on that beautiful peninsula with the Pacific Ocean rolling before me with a small field of wildflowers as a foreground I began to look through a narrower lens and was enchanted by what I encountered.

Amongst this field of gold, illuminated and made even more golden by the descending sun, sat a purple flower. An alien in this yellow world: a perfect complement to this golden backdrop. This “ugly duckling” sat a bit taller and a bit bolder in her brilliant field of gold swaying in the cool evening breeze in homage to their resplendent visitor.