THERE IS BEAUTY EVERYWHERE...IF WE WOULD ONLY SEE

"Dear mother earth who day by day

    Unfoldest blessings on our way,

O praise Him! Alleluia!

    The flowers and fruits that 

       in thee grow,

Let them His glory also show!

     O praise Him! Alleluia!

Alleluia!"

     ..... St.Francis of Assisi

                  (1182-1226)

 THERE  IS BEAUTY EVERYWHERE...IF WE WOULD ONLY SEE

O there is inspiration and beauty
   in a peaceful quiet West Texas
picture...do you see and feel it?

Do you see the dark brown hues
    the tans, near blacks--and the whites
of the cloudy sky    the poetic trees--
     can you  almost taste the fresh air?

Do you see the wind-blown prairie...
      the eternal Texas winds
have almost cleared of weeds
   and

that hard-packed country road,
    not wide or fancy   just
an old path traveled for years
    mostly by
 hard-working farmers, checking
    fences and livestock--
driving pickups down packed
     dirt ruts...

Don't forget to check out there
   in the distance    a farmhouse?
Is there a windmill too?
     Must be a windmill...and people

Wait wait... it's wintertime
   Things will be better--
Flowers and colors will be back....
     come next spring
as they always do    in time--
     even in life's troubling days...

We must learn a lesson while here
    on this earth---
There is beauty in everything,

even while Evil walks. ..we should
   open our eyes...   and see.

This simple bucolic scene
     reminds me of a hymn
(as do many images
      along The Trail)

"All creatures of our God
    and King
Lift up  your voice and
 with us sing:
Alleluia, Alleluia!"
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Mil 2/18/19

Photo by Betty Bynum