How Often

How often do you marvel at the beauty of the day? How often does the golden sun shine down from a crystal clear blue sky and paint the lush trees with tints, tones and shades of green? How often does the smell of a summer in full bloom tease your nose? How often does a cool breeze caress your skin with gentle hands? And how often do all these things come together at one time? For me they came together yesterday- August 31, 2024. It was a delight.

 It makes me wonder: what is the basis of my appreciation of such a beautiful day? What makes me recognize the pure harmony and beauty of this day? We all have the same feelings. We all recognize the beauty of such a day as compared to thousands of other days. This same universal appreciation of great music, fine art, fine poetry and prose, a smooth surface, beautiful women, handsome men begs the question, “How come?”. The newly born warm to good music and a smiling face. No one taught them; they were born with this appreciation. We all appreciate the beauty of form, function, proportion, and symmetry found everywhere in nature.

 Could it be evolution? Going back in time, could it be that humans who appreciated beauty had the better chance of surviving and now are predominant in today’s world? This certainly could be but then why did the determinate keys to survival way back when include the appreciation of beauty?

I suggest a simple solution. Nature, or God in his wisdom, gave us all this appreciation as a demonstration of the beauty of His creation.