Finding light in the storm

Last Saturday, I took this up in the orchard. The big pine tree nearby usually demands the most attention,  but the forgotten one pictured here looked particularly beautiful as the storm approached. Nature often reflects whats going on in our own lives.  As I look around my circle and see cancer, sour relationships, struggles of all sorts, I still try to have hope. When darkness fills the scenery, you can always find light if you look for it with conviction.   I have made it a point in my life to find the glass half full because I would hate to live with the alternative.