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Tree Line(s)

Tree Line(s)

This maple tree in Maine had every fall color and would have made a beautiful picture — except that it had power lines running right through it. At first I was disappointed, and then I realized what a wonderful snapshot of life it uncovered for my head and heart.

Life — at least my life — is often like this tree: a season of color interrupted by necessities and needs. Life is full of beauty — like these green, yellow, red, and orange leaves — that gets caught in crossfire between the brokenness of this world and the tyranny of the urgent. These power lines ruin the view, but they provide electricity through which I charged my camera battery as well as the computer I am using to type this right now.

And I'm reminded that the pole on the left of this picture was once a tree but now has another purpose.

What a great reminder this autumn has been for me. Ordinary everyday life is beautiful once we get past the power lines—pun intended—that obscure the view.

What's that ancient symbol?

What's that ancient symbol?

I Still Have a Dream

I Still Have a Dream

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