Little Big Things.

I drove into the ranch last evening

greeted by nodding sunflower heads smiling at me.

I thought about how

I do not just love them because they are pretty and bright

but because they remind me

of a moment

in my life

when my eyes opened

to see here and now

and to appreciate it.

Something simple, but so profound.

My "perfect start" to a day is to do this:

To take a walk with the sunflowers.

To have my beagle scare up some turkey chicks just learning to fly

that hide in the alfalfa.

To use my camera to change my perspective.

To see the divine in the ordinary.

It is simple

It is abundant.

Which shifts my mind away

from the overwhelm and lack.

Psalm 16:11 says,

You have shown me

the path of life.

In your presence is fullness of joy.

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

This is just a little taste, a tiny glimpse...

or

maybe

it is a big glimpse of fullness and pleasure

right here, right now 

on the road home.