Kaleidoscope
It is a small thing
Looking like a miniature telescope
A few spangles held in a tube with mirrors
An old design
More science than game
A Diversion
Needing no batteries
Just turn it towards the Light
Twist the end
To see
Myriad colours
Patterns refreshed by the smallest of changes
Reflected to create symmetry
My life is like that
The same elements held in Relationship
But how I choose to view them or review them
Enables me to see things in a whole new Light
I Long to see the glass half full
Rather than half empty
Optimism versus pessimism
Optimism leads to assurance, confidence and courage
With Resolve
To face the difficulties life brings
Life and all the little changes
I am not always Resilient
I do not always spring back
I need Resilience
If I am to
Survive
Thrive
Surviving
I want to live in spite of
The difficult
Beyond
The difficult
Thriving
I want to grow in spite of
The difficult
Beyond
The Difficult
To take the changes and blows
Disappointments
To reform attitude
To view each fresh pattern
Reflected through the Constancy of God
Shining in the Light of God
To seek and find Blessings in each new situation
To view the changing scene
As Beautiful
A collection of
Little things
Inconsequential
Diverse
Colourful
Reflected again and again by God
In the Light of God
Becoming
Beautiful
In Him
Just like a Kaleidoscope…
Words and Photographs © Denise Stanford 2010
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