What a Wonderful World

I read a lot in the news about how bad the world is right now and how awful things are and sometimes that can be really discouraging. Especially because, for the most part, I don't believe that it's true. This might be my naivite but from where I stand there's still a whole lot of beauty in the world and I just wanted to put a little bit of what I find beautiful here in this post. This blog would only let me put in a few of the pictures I wanted to so this is only a small taste of the things I find beautiful - there's just so much beauty in the world that I can't fit in into one post.

I love this picture because it reminds me of how much I love the other two people in it. I wanted to give them something that would bring them joy and it was incredible to see how excited everyone else got about it too, it was infectious and wonderful.
This picture isn't about the beauty of my friend Voyageur shirtless (although that's not anything to complain about). It's about the two guys in this picture who I greatly respect and admire and who I'm so honored to call my friends. It's also a picture of how we all share the love of just experiencing nature, canoeing and cinnamon buns.

This picture is from http://www.michaelclancy.com/. I heard about this picture from my family medicine tutor and I think it's beautiful. It's in utero surgery on a child with spina bifida at 21 weeks but I think the beauty is in the sheer majesty of how we try and help one another even when incredible odds are stacked against us.

This is my African mom shortly before she died of AIDS. She always made time for the children of Salima - they were all her children. My dad is so cute in this picture. He's holding my Angel niece Elena and my girlfriends call him "Grandpa Pauls". The beauty in this picture is how friends with no blood relation become your family and they become family to your family - I love that.

This picture just shows sheer unadulterated joy. I love that and I love the girl in this picture.


I hadn't even realized when I started this post that this topic is very fitting considering the season. Happy Thanksgiving everyone - there is so much to be thankful for.