Don’t you love it when you find a place that just seems to reflect a simpler less complicated time. Everything looks just so idealistic, nice and neat. But then you look in the windows and find that it is not as it appears on the outside. Instead of a warm and comfy classroom with a warm fire and smiling faces there are boxes, paint cans, trash and disorder.
Always remember you are in a different larger story than you think you’re in and things are not always as they appear.
Be sure you look beyond the facade while on your journey†††nada te turbe†††jim
Shades of Gray - Denison TX 
I love this. It’s so bright and vibrant, but you’re right it looks like it’s in a time warp.
So true. I saw a quote the other day that said something like.. we like to look at the bloom of the flower but we don’t really understand the soil and season it took to make it bloom. Same with a diamond. We admire it without understanding the pressure it took to develop it.
Some lessons in life that produce joy ultimately, are the result of an adversity endured!
Lasting joy seems to encompass a taste of adversity.