Saturday, December 4, 2010

"TRADING DIAMONDS FOR STONES"


     One evening in December, the sun sat behind the pink and gray clouded hues to rest its weary self. It rested behind a small white house. It rested, and sat until the close of yet another day.
    Such a sight in the sky's impressive, indeed! In fact, I can't help but wonder if the deep, fiery hues in this particular sky's caused by Rudolph's nose illuminating the Eastern hemisphere. Perhaps, it was nature itself that decided to put on a light show. Or maybe just for one split moment in time Christmastime had actually formed a surprise alliance with Halloween, due to its somewhat eerie appearance.
    The world may never know. Then again, maybe we're not supposed to know or wonder. When we spend more time wondering why things are rather than enjoying them for what they are in the now, then we are doing nothing more than, as Richard Paul Evans said in THE CHRISTMAS BOX, "trading diamonds for stones." 

3 comments:

Jeanne said...

Gorgeous photo and a very poetic post!
And you are so correct, we should enjoy the here and now and not waste our time pondering the issue. Moments like that are oh, so fleeting.....

Dio said...

Very pretty!

Those type of things always make me feel very loved by the One who makes them.

J.E. Bolton said...

Thanks, Jeanne and Dio, for your comments, as always. I agree strongly with you both.