It's the Simple Things Found In Nature...

Listening to: Chrisette Michele's Epiphany Album.
Mood: Content.

that give me pleasure. Sure, a closet full of beautiful clothes, shoes, and jewelry, along with a nice house to put them in would please me too. But hey, there's only so much joy and satisfaction that materialistic things can bring you.

When I was a child, I was comfortable playing by myself. I had the prettiest dolls that could do the coolest things-talk, drink milk, cry, laugh a lot of things that real babies do. On the weekends, I would sit on my porch all alone and play with them all day. Then, when 6:00 pm arrived, I would hurry and pack up all my toys, race to "my secrete place" and sit and watch the sun set. I thought it was the most amazing thing. The sun, in all its glory, would slowly start to disappear, signaling the start of night. And all the clouds would be replaced by lots of bright stars. Then I would look for the brightest of all, and call it "my star." This was a daily routine that I enjoyed & looked forward to. Later that night, I would put my dolls to bed and sing them Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in honor of the moon and star-lit sky.

A full moon, the setting sun, and a mother ape nurturing her infant are the most amazing things I've ever seen to date. They beat any materialistic thing by far. I can never get too accustomed to something as fascinating as nature. It's one of God's most beautiful gifts. But how often do we appreciate it? How often do we take time to appreciate it? How often do we say "Thank You?"