Beauty, Wishes.

Photo Credit to Chiot's Run, flickr.com

Quote Credit to Frank Lloyd Wright

"The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.  If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it." -Frank Lloyd Wright

     I have this fascination with quotes, so I guess I will take this first post as an opportunity to explain why I'm posting them.  I love quotes, I love pictures.  When both are combined, it's twice the fun.  There are so many ways to interpret either subject; everyone has their own version; everyone gets different lessons and advice from them.

    You can say that quotes are ridiculous, that their ability to be interpreted differently makes them impossible and boring, but I find some odd beauty in them.  I love how I can usually relate in some way.  I love giving my brain the little exercise, trying to decipher some meaning from them.  I feel that if you can create a quote that gets around as much as some of these, then maybe you know a little something about life.  What's a little wisdom? I don't think it could hurt that badly.  So, I 'll tell you what I see in this particular quote and picture.

    I'm one of those people that has a difficult time expressing themselves.  I have lots of ideas, and a million things to say, but I can't always find the right wording.  I've been educated in English throughout my entire life and I have an extensive vocabulary, so you would think that finding words to express a thought or idea wouldn't be that difficult, right? Wrong. Everyone has problems expressing themselves at times. But sometimes, quotes and pictures say it better than anything.

     The first thing I honestly noticed about this was the dandelion.  All I could think was "wishes." Beauty, wishes.  Two different things, but are they really?  I believe in seeing the little things in life that are beautiful.  I tend to over-look the large things.  For example, I see the beauty in the dandelion.  Something so small, so insignificant to most people, but it has such a large role in the grand scheme of things.  You pick it from the earth and make a wish, then you blow all of the little seeds off until they scatter into the wind.  Then you just stand there and stare at it wondering, "Why did I just do that...is anything really going to come from that?"  But let me say this, does anyone actually think about what happens when you send that wish off in the little seeds of this "weed?"  The seeds scatter around, carrying your wish, and plant themselves in other places, creating life, rooting your wish in something real.  Maybe wishes aren't just silly little hopes and dreams after all, if you think about it like that.

   If I hadn't of put some thought into that, I would have missed the beauty in something so simple, so delicate.  With time comes wisdom, and maybe with wisdom comes beauty.  You start to see the world in different ways as you grow older. I feel like this is truly one of the best things about life.  Perspectives are always changing, you're always discovering something new.  Don't close yourself off and say that wishes can't come true, especially on something considered to be childish such as wishing on a dandelion, because you might just miss something truly beautiful, and it could change your life.