It's that time of year where as you drive through the neighborhood after the sun goes down, the pretty lights come out. Sometimes you can see several homes is a row that are quite creative with their decorative display of holiday pleasure.
But it's always a pleasant surprise when you come around the corner to see a display for the first time in the Christmas season; that's when it's unexpected.
Many true pleasures in life are unexpected. You don't necessarily see them coming. Or maybe when you do, you don't realize how beautiful they are until they're right upon you. In all of their delightful, glorious dimensions.
Like birds migrating just before winter. When you see them on the horizon, they may not appear to be a flock of birds. Perhaps they're just a shifting, dark cloud in the sky.
As I drive up the highway during this time of year, I am inspired with the elegance, beauty, and instinctive dance of those migrating winged creatures. Sometimes I'm tempted to pull over and take a photo or video to capture their flight.
When I see these groups of feathered friends do their dance across the sky, it amazes me how they never move the same way every time. No matter how they swoop, mingle, or settle to congregate in trees and on telephone wires, their recital is always fresh, always unexpected.
They always know where they are going. Rarely are they alone. And they are always communicating, either through their vocal melodies or unspoken connection with one another.
We may find ourselves at times thinking we are heading the wrong way, especially when we are out of our comfort zone. Or perhaps we feel like we're in a rut and need a change, but we don't know which way to go.
Always keep your mind open for new ways of thinking and doing; the unexpected can be just what you need to get back on track or start a new one.
There are boundless possibilities. And there is no telling what beauty will be waiting for you right around the corner.
What is that instinctive, unexpected voice telling you? Are you listening?
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