For the beauty of the Earth... also of procrastination and clouds :)

Well, here it is, Monday evening, and I still haven't written my Sunday Sprinkle for the week. Did I not predict this? Gee, sometimes I know myself entirely too well :) However, I have a pretty valid excuse (valid in my mind, anyway). We spent the weekend in Idaho Falls for my cousin's wedding open house. It was pretty much a blast seeing all my family. But that all led up to a grueling 6 hour drive yesterday. Even more grueling (for my mom, not me) is that I drove for an hour. It was... exhilarating, to say the least. But I'm home safe and sound. Now I've just gotta catch up on everything!

Anyway, to the point. Isn't God amazing? I guess I've always been the silver-lining-seeing, glass-half-full person, so for you pessimists out there, just deal with it. Speaking of silver-linings, I love clouds. I know, I know. It's protocol to complain on a cloudy day. And then when there are no clouds and it's sunny and hot, it's protocol to complain about that. That's one of the things I don't get about the majority of the human race. I heard a really good poem once. It goes:

‎"As a rule, man's a fool. When it's hot he wants it cool; when it's cool he wants it hot, always wanting what is not."

I love that poem. Just like I love clouds. And for all you people that still think I'm crazy for enjoying clouds, think about it. Without clouds, we couldn't have this:


or this...

or this...

or this...

or this...


You get the picture. I think that clouds are beautiful, as well as sunshine, as well as rain, snow, and basically everything else on earth (except mosquitoes. I've never really seen the use of them). Heavenly Father is amazing. Even if you're agnostic or atheist or whatever, you've gotta admit that whoever/whatever (?) created the earth is incredible.

So, in a nutshell, my thought this week is kind of forked: on one side, God is amazing; on the other, be optimistic! And if you're so pessimistic that optimism hurts, go slowly. Start to see things from a different perspective and realize that even things that are typically considered drab or ugly can be considered beautiful from the right viewpoint. Oh, that reminds me of my favorite Mormonad.



Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy your Sunday (Monday) Sprinkle :) Much love and smiles! Now pass it on :D