It is easy to spot the conventionally beautiful: a stunning sunset, the film star on the red carpet, a grand and snow-capped mountain peak. More challenging, and possibly far more rewarding, is to be awakened and awed by wherever we cast our gaze: a scattering of pebbles catching the morning light on the driveway, the way the grocery employee carefully stacked the red peppers, the homemade protest poster proclaiming the dignity of all human beings, or the bright bold yellow dandelion in a field mix of grass and clover.
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