Can you see it?

One photo. One snapshot of time. Beauty caught within the borders of a frame. The story that you take from each picture is yours to ponder. Do you wonder what really happened? Only the artist knows. Each stroke of a painting, each line drawn in charcoal, each flash of light capturing a single moment in time is life; beautiful and dangerous coexisting in harmony.

It's a daunting task to behold beauty in with every breath. Every step is painful as you pass by the very things that make life possible. Everything existing as it should. We all encounter millions of inanimate objects and living breathing miracles every day that somehow seem to cohesively work in unison to fill the minutes in a day.

Can you see it? Have you stopped to breathe in the sweet aroma? Have you noticed the dew on the flower's petals? Have you watched the steam dance off of a warm cup of coffee? Have you marveled at the masterpiece of architecture that surrounds us? Have you gazed at the ripples of water reacting to the life under it's surface? Do you realize the automatic movements your muscles make in connection to the messages your brain sends, most often subconsciously? Do you realize that life, precious life, is taken every day because those that don't see the beauty that this world possesses?

You are a part of this masterpiece.
You are a piece of the puzzle.
You are an integral part of the foundation of life.
You are indispensable just by breathing.
You are beautiful.
You are needed.

Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Realize that you are a part of something perfect.

Beauty surrounds you, 

encompassing you,

 begging you

 to see 

and be seen.