As the brightly colored Monarch butterfly softly floats on the breeze, it stops here and there in a seemingly random pattern across a meadow filled with fragrant lavender colored blooms.
Three butterflies stop on a large bloom and we wonder what they are thinking. Are they surveying the meadow looking for "the next best thing" or are they talking to each other boasting about their last perch? Are they resting from a long trip, thankful for a break or are their fragile wings fluttering gently waiting on their time to move? Are they at the beginning of their journey or are they at the end of their journey? How much are we like these butterflies? How much do we see ourselves in them? Do we survey the "meadows" of our lives, constantly on the lookout for the next best thing or do we stop and share our accomplishments with those around us? Do we take time to refresh and rest during our journey or are we impatient to get to the next minute -- the next hour, the next day, the next month, the next accomplishment, the next milestone -- rushing through our lives taking no time to pause, to evaluate, to plan, to remember, to be thankful, and to enjoy life. I know I tend to rush through and spend not near enough time to rest, reflect, and enjoy. A Monarch butterflies life is fleeting, lasting only weeks and yet its accomplishments are amazing traveling up to 3000 miles. We see a Monarch and see a delicate creature, but this exquisite creature has untold strength. Like the butterfly, we too have a fleeting life and yet our accomplishments are amazing. We put a man on the moon, we develop the technology to have a computer in our pockets. We too have untold strength. I pray that we, you and I, will take time in our busyness to stop, to rest, to reflect, and to be thankful.
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Andrea ThompsonMy paintings are little bits of me, moving from within me and out onto the canvas. Each painting comes from an emotional connection I feel with the painting’s inspiration. Archives
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