Today, I was pouring myself a cup of tea, and all of a sudden I was struck by the beauty of the moment.
So calm, so still, so graceful.
I often see articles that complain about the inauthenticity of Instagram.
But I don’t think that’s always true… that Instagram celebrates the inauthentic.
No.
I believe that it can be a celebration of life.
It draws us because it shows us the beauty of the ordinary.
The beauty of a well laid brunch. The peacefulness of a cup of coffee. The innocence of a slumbering baby.
Yes, even the humanity of a well placed selfie.
These things are so incredibly ordinary.
And yet… they are beautiful.
We all want our lives to mean something. So much so that we often think that we must pursue the grandiose.
as Ralph Waldo Emerson so beautifully put it:
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
What is more meaningful than a life built of small, simple, but oh so beautiful moments?
My biggest wish is that I don’t forget to notice those simple moments.
It’s so easy for me to get so wrapped up in where I’m going that I forget to see where I am.
But life is beautiful yes?
I pray that I remember that. That I remember to close my eyes and breathe. That I remember to open them again and see.
Until next time,
Photos taken by Christina Rambo
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