Seeing 2012 (#51)

For your consideration: as I compose this (at 11:25pm) it is raining heavily, winds are gusting, lightning flashes are making (rare) appearances, and it is quite dark (!) outside . . .

Inside it is quiet, the cats asleep in their respective, fiercely guarded nap territories, and me tapping on the keyboard — as a feigned antidote to a mind which is far stormier and tumultuous that the outdoors atmosphere. The riotous despair encased within my cranium is better hidden from my feline companions than the meeker havoc swirling beyond the walls of this space.

I've been reminded, however, that the solution to all trials and tribulations is love, compassion, and equanimity. It is often challenging to maintain such perspectives when duress attains Jovian proportions, but even so the universe is abundant with the salve of beauty, elegance, tenderness, comfort, and the promise of delightful outcomes for those who persevere.

Nurturing, patience, forgiveness and time can bring forth a miraculous creation.

Thus this submission. Some may dismiss such images ("hmm, a flower - ho hum"), as of course is their right. But there's much more than a simple lily here, to those apt to ponder more deeply.

Lily With Droplets, #6645-7D

© 2012 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: March 25, 2012; Canon 7D; f/16 @ 1/83 sec; —2/3 EV; ISO 640;
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

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