UNSEEN MASTERPIECE

I don't even remember what made me run across this yesterday, but I'm really glad that I did.  This gentleman, Wilson A. Bentley, photographed snowflakes in 1925 under a microscope, so that people could actually SEE what they looked like. 

I'll never look at snow the same way again. 

"No two snowflakes are alike."~~WB

Wilson A. Bentley
The Snowflake Man

"Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind."

Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley 1925

I'm thinking that if God can create such small masterpieces like snowflakes.....maybe the most intricate, gorgeous natural wonders that I have ever seen....a boundless number of them......and we don't ever take the time to notice their intricate beauty, how oblivious are we to the things that we DO see that are right in front of us that are miracles everyday?  Things that lie hidden in people.....that we don't dig down deep enough to appreciate?  Or don't take the time to really SEE? 

Now....here is a revision of his quote which I did, as applied to the people in our lives.

"(With close attention), I find that people are miracles of beauty;

and it seems a shame that this beauty cannot be seen and appreciated by others. 

Every person is a masterpiece of design and no one design is ever repeated.

When people pass on, that design is forever lost.  

Just that much beauty is gone, without leaving any record behind."

Trying to learn to appreciate the masterpieces that surround me every day,

G

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