seashells (patterns in nature)

“Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego” ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I like Anne Lindbergh's analogy. I think “shedding” is a good thing. This image serves as a reminder and encouragement of things and patterns “shed” through the years.  There is such freedom to be had when we don’t carry hard, heavy shells around. J