No.7: Awareness.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

-Anais Nin

I was skytraining to school at about 7 am. (I take it from the Island Suburbs of Richmond to the busy city of Vancouver.)The sky was purple, and it made me smile. Then I noticed how

the strong mountains stood there, dressed in a dark almost handsome type of blue... then I noticed that streaks of pink started to seep into the sky; it made the whole scene so picture-esque.

However, I couldn't help but wince at the fact that I have never noticed these things before. I have been taking the skytrain since the summer time and I hope this is the first time this has happened...

and that it wasn't just my (unknown/"unconscious") ignorance that has caused me to ignore these miracles. I'm just glad that that is the past... and this is the now. NOW I will be able to witness the small miracles that remind me each day that the world is a beautiful place. That where I live, where I am... where my heart is... is pure BEAUTY. And I will that way forever. Grateful that despite how UNDESERVING I am, God reached out to me with a miraculous sunrise. Grateful that he created such a busy/stressful week in order for me to be aware of such a beautiful sky. (Which in turn, made me pause for just one moment in my life.)

Grateful and aware.

"If we could see the miracle

of a single flower clearly,

our whole LIFE would change."

-Buddha