Diva's Weekly Challenge #386: Pick up where you left off

Isn't our Zentangle community wonderful, in so many ways? We come from different cultures,  different languages, different backgrounds, different age groups, different everythings! And yet we all love this relaxing and fun method of creating beautiful images. This week's Diva challenge--to pick up a tile that you never finished--pointed to one of the differences I see in how we practice the Zentangle method. Some tanglers have a pile of tiles that they never finished. Some don't! I fall into the latter category. I enjoy sitting down to draw, and finishing the tile. I may not be excited about every one, and I may go back and add something later, but I have a sense of "done". But there was this one 5 x 7 inch piece of gray card board, the side of a cracker box, with some blue ink orbs that had been sitting on my desk for a couple months.
And here's what became of it:

Blue Micron 01, Prismacolors, white Gelly Roll on 5x7 recycled cardboard

This exercise has reminded me that, with a little love and patience, we can take something that might be discarded and transform it into something to appreciate. Just like the burl, a cancer-like growth in trees, may look ugly to us. When the tree is cut into boards, it has a beautiful pattern.  There are things in my life that seem ugly and undesirable, but I believe that I can find a gift in them if I stay open to that possibility. 

Appreciated on a walk earlier this week

Is there something in your life that hides a gift underneath an unpleasant exterior?

Thanks for stopping by! I wish you a peaceful and insightful week.