Today I realized that sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones to experience some beauty in life.  Now, I have known this on some level throughout my life and worked towards it but I've come to experience it in a deeper way this last week.  I had lost desire.  This kept me from being my authentic self and I don't want to be in that lonely place anymore.  I want to risk again.  I want to try again.  More importantly, I am ready to feel again.  I don't know what this rose may come to mean...will it be a simple random act of beauty among strangers or is it, instead, a precursor to a life of winsomeness?  May I remember this day where I stepped out and felt grace again.  Thank you Lord for loving me and giving me little reminders of your care.  Thank you for giving me hope again.