Taking a break from working outside, enjoying the sunshine and cool breeze. Beauty always brings peace and stirs reflection, regarding life and love. Those who have been through much have a greater appreciation for experiencing beauty, knowing real love, having peace in one's mind and soul, and valuing that which or whom they don't want to lose.
If you meet someone, friend or companion, who understands these things at the same level as you, you are blessed because you have found a friend forever...the kind that will always seek to understand, will always give you the benefit of the doubt, and always stand by you no matter what. These people truly care about YOU, not what they can get from you or how their relationship with you can benefit them.
" Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep." - Clive Barker
" The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." - G.K. Chesterton
Christ was the best reflection of this. Think about it...considering the span of time since the creation of the universe and the history of man, Jesus lived only 33 years and only ministered for 3. He wasted NO time, and everything He did had a purpose. He focused on only a few things in those few years he was with us, so wouldn't THOSE things be what God considers most important? Knowing God... loving others without judgement... enjoying friendship and brotherhood... caring for and respecting his mother/family... doing what He knew was right regardless of what people thought... understanding that those close to Him would let Him down (even betray or abandon) and He loved them anyway.
But one of the things I appreciate the most, is that He desired and wasn't afraid to know people on a deeper level. He looked past their mask, their faults, their fears and their pain. He stepped outside of Himself and the things He was facing in His own life, regardless of how busy He was or how much was demanded of Him by others. He saw something beautiful and valuable inside each person, something worth His time and a piece of His heart. What a beautiful and wonderful thing. Only 3 years, and look what He did for the world ♡
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