The Weight of Small Things

I spent an hour this morning trying to find my keys, moving piles of mail and shifting cushions until I was breathless. In the process, I found a dried flower tucked inside a book I haven’t opened in years. It was brittle, almost turning to dust, but it held the shape of a summer I had completely forgotten. It is strange how we overlook the tiny, quiet details of our surroundings until they are forced into our line of sight. We walk past the same garden beds and the same street corners every day, convinced we know them by heart. But there is a whole world happening in the margins—a secret rhythm of growth and change that doesn’t care if we are watching or not. When we finally stop to look, really look, we realize that the most profound things are often the ones that take up the least amount of space. What have you overlooked today that might be worth a second glance?

Siew Bee Lim has captured this quiet magic in a beautiful image titled Golden Dewdrop. It reminds me that there is so much wonder waiting in the small corners of our world if we only slow down enough to see it. Does this image make you want to look a little closer at the things you pass every day?