It is 8am right now and I am feeding my email addiction (that is what I get for keeping all these email pen pals around the world!) Anyways, it is so cold this morning. I know we are going into winter and cold weather is to be expected, but beautiful San Luis Obispo never really got cold. Maybe a little wet every now and then, but not really cold. I have been so spoiled over the last 4 years, or really all my life. To live in such a mild climate. Some people like the cold, they like the snow, and I am all cool with driving up to the snow, but knowing that I am going to be waiting for the bus in that weather, not my cup of tea.
On the bright side, autumn hasn't totally left us yet. Some trees still cling to leaves refusing to give into the cold damp weather. The sidedewalks are lines with leaves, all orange, yellow, and red. SO pretty. I have never experienced a real autumn so I often find myself just watching the trees. Yesterday on my way to the bus stop I passed by one of the cities parks that runs along the Mapocho River through the center of town. I was so taken in by the beauty of the afternoon and the sun shining down through the half barren trees, I had to stop and just breathe it in. And I was thinking about what some philosophers ( I think it might have even been Plato in Phædrus) said about beauty and it inspiring us to pursue that great truth (over generaliziation of the year, sorry) but I think it is true. We are so drawn to beauty. For centuries upon centuries artists have tried to capture the beauty of a sunset, a lily flower, or a woman. We try to hold that beauty in our hands and keep it. And really that beauty, is just creation. Not that it isn't worthy of admiration, but I truly believe that it is a reflection of the Creator. And one day, we will see Him in all His beauty. What a glorious promise!
On the bright side, autumn hasn't totally left us yet. Some trees still cling to leaves refusing to give into the cold damp weather. The sidedewalks are lines with leaves, all orange, yellow, and red. SO pretty. I have never experienced a real autumn so I often find myself just watching the trees. Yesterday on my way to the bus stop I passed by one of the cities parks that runs along the Mapocho River through the center of town. I was so taken in by the beauty of the afternoon and the sun shining down through the half barren trees, I had to stop and just breathe it in. And I was thinking about what some philosophers ( I think it might have even been Plato in Phædrus) said about beauty and it inspiring us to pursue that great truth (over generaliziation of the year, sorry) but I think it is true. We are so drawn to beauty. For centuries upon centuries artists have tried to capture the beauty of a sunset, a lily flower, or a woman. We try to hold that beauty in our hands and keep it. And really that beauty, is just creation. Not that it isn't worthy of admiration, but I truly believe that it is a reflection of the Creator. And one day, we will see Him in all His beauty. What a glorious promise!
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ok.. see you on friday.