This week I moved some big rocks around in the yard to new places in the yard. On my laps around the property, I make sure to keep all ornamental rocks and stepping stones on top of the newly fallen leaves and deadfall, and not let it get lost underneath. A dozen years ago, a boyfriend had created several paths with stones and timber, in areas of the yard I seldom visited. It wasn’t long before the leaf fall covered the stones and pathway markers from view. Several years later, I began raking up all the leaves for mulch when I saw the stones underneath and remembered. Sometimes I let areas of my life get like that, too. I let something useful and beautiful lie unused, forgetting about it if it’s out of sight. Then I come across it later and wonder how I could have forgotten something so wonderful, and I am delighted all over again by what was right there all the time.
Letting today’s good get hidden in yesterday’s deadfall
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