I have said it time and again, and it remains as true today as it always has been and always will: there is so much beauty in life.
If we don't take the time, every now and then, to look at the bigger picture, we lose track of our humanity. We become too focused on our "to-do lists."
So, how do we look at the bigger picture?
By paying attention to the little things.
There are numerous stories of how cancer survivors have a bigger flair for life after their battle than they ever did before. I have read about someone whose mother was in the hospital, fighting for her life, but this person noticed a little yellow flower growing in the crack of the hospital sidewalk when they were out taking a break.
I don't think we should have to have a tragedy happen to us before we appreciate the beauty of the world.
Here I am, waxing on and on about appreciating life, and some would think that it has nothing to do with the photo associated with it.
...well, you're right, it has not much to do with nature.
This photograph is the inside of the old chicken coop. It has since been designated a storage shed. The hay on the ground is part of the chicken coop remnants, but nature has done her part, too. Since the predatory chickens have departed, mice, spiders, and wasps and other insects have made their way in here. (This is typical of any outside storage building in the country, especially those that were built in the 1950's.)
I appreciate the distressed, damaged look that this place has acquired.