{"id":1691,"date":"2018-02-23T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T02:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:22:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:22:07","slug":"mazing-lydia-floren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2018\/02\/23\/mazing-lydia-floren\/","title":{"rendered":"A-mazing, by Lydia Floren"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sunflowers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A maze is a life-sized puzzle, where the challenge is to find your way from point A to point B, through a confusing labyrinth of pathways. \u00a0(Quite a feat for directionally challenged folks like me!) Mazes come in all shapes and sizes: a hall of mirrors at a carnival, for example, or the sculpted shrubbery at a plantation.<\/p>\n

But a maze in a field of sunflowers? Now that is a site to behold.<\/p>\n

Here in Wisconsin a local farmer plants acres of sunflowers every spring, leaving a trace of paths unseeded. By fall his field is transformed into a sea of plate-sized blossoms.\u00a0 And that network of paths has morphed into a breathtaking maze of gold and green.<\/p>\n

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A-mazing!<\/p>\n

This unique attraction opens to the public in October, and Andrew and I decided to go.\u00a0 We paid our entrance fee and were handed a map of the trails, which I clutched like a security blanket, as we meandered along taking pictures.<\/p>\n

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Getting back to A-mazing<\/b><\/h3>\n

Life is like a maze, isn\u2019t it? It is full of twist and turns, often taking us directions we don\u2019t anticipate. Sometimes it feels more confusing – or even frightening – than awe-inspiring. We\u2019re not always sure which way to go next, or even if we\u2019re headed in the right direction.\u00a0 How do we get back to a-mazing?\u00a0 How do we let the worry go?<\/p>\n

Remember\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

We get back to a-mazing by remembering that we have<\/p>\n