I have a testimony: Beauty in familiarity

Sometimes, it's fun to do the new and exciting. Sometimes, you want to rearrange your room or cut and dye your hair or buy a new outfit that's totally different from your usual style. Sometimes, you can't wait to move on to the next stage in your life and have new experiences with new friends.

And sometimes.....you don't. (Well no duh, Marie-Rose, we knew that)

The other day, I was driving home, and the beauty of my neighborhood really struck me. I've never considered it pretty before - I don't live in a place that's usually praised for its beauty - but that day it was absolutely gorgeous. Why? Because it was so familiar. I see those streets practically every day, but I rarely pause to admire them.

It was a "stop and smell the roses" kind of day :)

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Going off to college this fall, I have a lot of moments like that - moments where I suddenly appreciate something I've always taken for granted. In a way, it makes me sad that I have to be about to leave before I really love what I already have.

And d'you know what? I have a testimony that our Earth was created by Divine hands, as was everything on the Earth. Not just the extraordinarily beautiful things, but the ordinarily beautiful ones too. So enjoy the beauty around you, especially if you've never noticed that beauty before :)

<3 Marie-Rose

See my previous Testimony posts here

Other bloggers' awesome testimony posts:

• Eliza's at Mark This Day 
• Dani's at Let Your Light Shine 

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