Why do I think goodness is so hard to find?
I think its pressed into the corners of life and gathered up in tiny places like pockets and closets. I search for the goodness under rocks and in the early morning hours when the sun isn’t up yet, as if its hiding from me. Goodness isn’t in the ordinary or the routine. It is swept into the sidewalk cracks, the creases in folded fabric, the edges of the paper.
Goodness is hard to find in the world. It seems…
That’s how I live: just trying to endure until the next tiny good moment.
It’s like waiting for the release in a song.
But living like that robs me of the in between times. All the sweetness that happens in the riding in the car, in the walking in the woods, in the preparing of a meal. All the goodness in the questions, the listening, the stories at bedtime. I miss it if I try to wait for the tiny and profound.
In the searching for the little, I’m missing the big and wide open graces that are here the whole time.
What are you missing today? Do you find it hard to see goodness?
This post inspired by this song: Click to listen.
Just was thinking how I often feel this way but was reminded that I have an amazing oppurtunity everyday to look for goodness and joy in my children. This morning while I was watching my little three year old eat his toast and yogurt I was able to just look in his eyes and tell him how special and how much I love him.
That makes not only his heart grow but mine more grateful and thankful that I am with him.
nope…I don’t think I do…I see it all the time…everywhere I look….and that seems to be what all of us photographers say….we see beauty, even in the little white lies of life, since our eyes and ears are always wide open….
We all need this reminder, even people like me who profess to be all about the little things and the insignificant moments that pass by so quick. I forget sometimes.
fyi: the link led to a 404 error page…
You are an incredible writer. Incredible.
the faster i run…the more i miss…
love you,
dad
When we stop, we see so much. It is crazy how fast we can go and how much time can fly by and then, before we know it…gone. Thanks for making me appreciate the here and now. I am taking the time.
Very true. It’s so easy to overlook a lot of the things I take for granted!
I agree with Dad.
While there is so much brokenness there is still beauty. Sometimes I sm overwhelmed by it and sometimes I have to look harder.
I know exactly what you mean – i wrote about the little things the other day – about how wonderful it feels to skip with my 5 yr olds hand in mine. About my child showing me a test that he passed and grinning like a maniac because he is proud of himself. What it feels like to kiss my husband just after he has shaved and is face is baby soft. Happiness in licking the batter off the beater after making brownies with my son.
It is so hard to slow down and find the goodness. This week I’ve actually been focusing on it, and the days have been much more enjoyable.
When it is hard for me to fine Goodness I believe it’s probably hard for others too. So I make up some Goodness with a smile, a sincere thank you, a larger tip for the single mom who is working until she is ready to drop, or help for the old man on Leestown Rd in Lexington whose bicycle was broken down (years ago I was a bicycle repairman for a short while). The only Jesus someone might meet in this world is me or you. Be Good.
Needed to read this today. Thank you.