"…so much beauty in the world…"

For some reason, whenever I see something in the natural world that just knocks me out, I think of Ricky, the kid in American Beauty with the video camera, who said:

"…when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude…"

I know I've posted this before, but darnnit it's good.

I just walk up to this flower and look what it's doing.