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As I was walking into the room where I do my work everyday, I looked out the window and saw this young deer attempting to get some bird seed out of one of the feeders in the backyard. I thought, “How beautiful is that?” There was something indescribable about that picture.

That got me to thinking about beauty — and how each of us thinks of beauty. We are always enticed by it. Beauty has a way of making us stare, mesmerized, at the object we see as beautiful. It seduces us. It has a way of pulling us into itself. It might be the striking good looks of a man or woman, or it might be the charm of the eyes of that young deer as it looks about to ensure its own safety.

Beauty can be anywhere and everywhere. It can be in that post yesterday by Bentley. (Thank you, Bentley — that was truly beautiful!) It can be in a sunrise or a sunset. It can be in the smile of a shy child. It can be the flash of a male cardinal as it chases after its mate through the trees. We can see beauty — we can smell it — we can even taste it at times. It can be found in the scent of a beautiful rose or in the sounds of the piano coming out of our CD player.

Sometimes when we anticipate that something will be beautiful, we get fooled. That has happened to me when I went to see an art exhibit expecting to see paintings that would fill my senses with beauty, only to be disappointed by the intrusions of the crowds that prevented being able to ponder and enjoy the selections that were offered. Even though I’m not an opera buff, I’ve met people who have gone to an opera performance expecting to find beauty, only to be bored and disappointed, while at the same time, the person sitting next to them could have been enthralled with the beauty of the performance.

Therein lies the meaning of the famous quotation, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!”

And yet, beauty is everywhere — it can be in a color, in a flavor, in a scent or in a texture. Beauty doesn’t care if you’re rich or you’re poor — it doesn’t care where you live — or what language you speak — or what set of beliefs you may follow — beauty is available to all. All we have to do is keep our eyes, ears, and all our other senses open and beauty will find us — it will be there.

I have another quote for you …

~~~ DBL-R