It really is the simplest of things that make me take pause and a moment of appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us everywhere. I once said that I don’t like getting flowers as a gift because they die but I shot myself in the foot on that one. I don’t care if it’s picked from the yard a beautiful flower is a beautiful flower. I started taking clippings from around my house and creating small bouquets, Not realizing how just passing them by and looking at them would make me smile, remind me that God is good and that we are blessed.