To Make the World More Beautiful

There's a wonderful children's book written decades ago titled Miss Rumphius.  It tells the story of a woman who sets out "to make the world more beautiful" by planting purple flowers in fields along the coast of Maine.  I read this book as a child then forgot about it for 30 years. Now I'm reminded of it, because now I'm the one reading it aloud to a young family member. 

If you have a child, please read it to them.

Even better, read it to yourself.

It's easy to lose track of the callings that once mattered to us: to make the world more beautiful, to make the world more loving, to make the world less divided.  

The opportunities to make the world better are all around us: in our jobs, in our homes and in our relationships.  Right now.   All it takes is an intention and an action. What purple flowers will you plant?