This evening I caught myself almost declaring my love to a particularly delicious munkki/pastry as I laid my eyes on its sugar covered circleness. Then I realized hey, the good thing about this munkki is its taste; its value is determined by what it's designed to be and not by how it looks, despite its sight being the thing that brought about my pastry passion.
That got me thinking; isn't the same thing true for, say, beauty? A stunning landscape or work of art looks incredible, but its value is more than what the eye sees; there is a mind and intention behind it that, if ignored, becomes a hugely valuable piece lost. So many things I've experienced as valuable have been but a shadow of what they could have been had I realized the signature behind the sensory thing; how full an experience or realization when the nature of the thing met is understood through an appreciation of its true character and the wonderful intent of the mind at work.
6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
-Luke 12:6-7
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