It's a bit -- having spent most of yesterday driving the back roads of Vermont and upper New York State -- like what happens when you cross the border from New York into Vermont. You know right away the transition has happened, not because there's a sign saying "Welcome to Vermont," (was there one? I don't remember...) but because Vermont has a law against billboards. It's amazing how refreshing the scenery becomes when there's no artifice to distract from it.
It also makes me think of an outfit I found for my daughter at our local thrift store -- a fifties navy wool sheath with short sleeves and a narrow belt, very plain, but with a matching (and outrageous) orange plaid trapeze coat with 3/4 sleeves. The dress is incredibly simple, but she looks absolutely fabulous in it -- it shows off her figure, her face, her amazing hair, her shapely legs... simply by being simple. (Of course the coat offsets that; it has a way of drawing a LOT of attention to itself).
So, yes -- by keeping things simple, we allow the beauty that lies beneath to be revealed. So what, I ask you, could you simplify in your life today? And what beauty, what breath -- and breadth -- of spirit might be revealed by that choice?
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You're visiting some of my favorite places at a time of year I love. Are the leaves changing?
Not quite yet; there's SOME color, but still mostly green. Beautiful nonetheless.
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