A New Chapter & A Butterfly

Surrounded by the concrete landscape of downtown, she stood facing the colorful flowerbed. Bright pink, yellow, orange, and white flowers bloomed in beautiful contrast to the gray sidewalk. With a hand on her chin and the other arm wrapped around her waist, she stood looking. I was driving past, and she caught my eye. A yellow butterfly had caught hers. Another yellow butterfly. I smiled.

For weeks I had been noticing yellow butterflies. The first few didn’t register as important to me, but the next 10 to 15 did. They had been signaling me.

I was sitting in a meeting and very much focused on the task at hand. Although it took me a little while to realize it, I wasn’t needed in the meeting and conversation soon became dismissive. What the meeting organizer didn’t realize though was that someOne else who did care about my thoughts was trying to capture them and reassure me of my gifts.

I suppose I had noticed the butterflies earlier in the meeting, but I was trying to pay attention to the facilitator. Once dismissed though, it was hard not to focus instead on the beautiful yellow butterflies that were floating past the window just behind his head. I tried to keep my eyes on the speaker, but there were just too many butterflies. One, two, three…eight, nine, ten…more and more. Lovely. Peaceful. My heart transcended.

At the time, I had been turning the pages into a new chapter in my life. Interestingly enough when I found myself stuck between pages or worrying, a yellow butterfly popped up to shake my mind from my uncertainty. Even well into fall, they still miraculously kept floating past me on occasion.

Thank you, God. You have not gone unnoticed, and I appreciate the gentle flutter of wings and yellow light that you shine in my direction to remind me of your presence and guidance. I am thankful for the many chapters in my life, even the challenging ones, and am enjoying the joy and discovery of this new one.

With love and light,

LT