I saw something the other day that amazed me. I was driving on the freeway and passed by a span of mountains that had been burned black by a fire awhile back. The trees looked barren and the branches held no leaves. But what amazed me was that the beauty of spring had touched this mountain and green grass was beginning to cover the blackness of the soil. The contrast of the black and the green was quite staggering and it really was a lovely site to see. It reminded me that the difficulties in life can often be like the fire that burned that mountain.