While walking through the woods this morning, it was dark, damp, and muddy- sort of how I’ve been feeling about my life lately. I came to a fork in the path where my first instinct was to continue on the way I’d been going- but at the last second decided to take the path with an unknown destination.
In a short time, I came upon a perfectly sculpted arbor framing an opening in the trees. I stepped through and was bathed in a beautiful light, and the cool calming sounds of the water.
My dark thoughts evaporated like the mist on the lake, and I was filled with hope for whatever the future brings.