Searching for a Heart in the Carpet

My family visited some friends for an overnight outing to their farmhouse on 60+ acres.  We had the pleasure of sharing Saturday morning with them, and enjoying the peacefulness as the morning sun shone through the windows.  When walking through the living room, my friend found a heart-shaped sun spot in the carpet. He called several of us in to see it, but it was gone just moments later. His vision was captured in a still photo taken with his smart phone.

Sometimes love is easy to find in our homes, workplaces, and schools.  Other times we have to search for it in unexpected locations.  Sometimes its appearance seems fleeting at best.  Yet even in the most hostile places, we can often find little rays of sunshine in the darkness, if we look to find them. 

Can we believe that despite our worrisome circumstances, there are still reasons to hope?  Perhaps these simple pleasures will be found if we take the time to look.  And perhaps after doing so, we will have the pleasure of a much needed “warm, fuzzy feeling” as we find our own “heart in the carpet.”