Patterns
I once read that all of creation is divided into threes. When closely examined, with a microscope if necessary, the petals of a flower, the veins of a leaf, and grains of sand among others, all originate from a foundation of three and are repeated in patterns of three over and over and over again until the once minuscule thing is recognizable. Ponder for a moment the magnitude of that. Too much? How about these patterns instead.
They’re usually about 3 inches from crest to crest and they’re found on beaches with medium to fine grain sand. The wind or water just pushes the sand. Each grain bounces and skips over one another tumbling and leaping until settling on a ridge. When the ridge gets too tall the uppermost grains leap to the next ridge. (Sounds like nature’s version of playing, doesn’t it?)
Their symmetry and perfection is astounding; a thing of beauty far beyond any reasonable words and certainly this is worthy of a discussion in its own right, but patterns aren’t always so pleasing or desirable. Sometimes they carry us into places we have no right being, not if we are to live fulfilled lives. Unlike the shallow depths of sand ripples, the patterns of life’s behaviors are sometimes deeply hidden and so entrenched that we cannot always see them for what they are…or the damage they do.
I invite you to look into an area of your life which appears unfulfilled and ask yourself if there are patterns there which need your attention. Examine them and contemplate a positive pattern as a replacement. Then continue replacing negative with positive over and over and over again until your symmetry is pure perfection.
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Copyright 2009 Diana Taylor, Pug At The Beach
Photo credit: Diana Taylor, the beaches of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Florida’s Living Beaches, A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber by Blair & Dawn Witherington
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