09/09/2026
Lately, I seem to be hearing the same message over and over from various people, videos, and articles. Each one has its own unique twist, its own voice, and its own purpose for sharing. But for me, the message has been the same:
You will find what you are looking for, or you will see what you are looking for.
When I reflect on my past and compare different events, I notice how accurate this thought process really is. I can’t count how many times I have been in situations where I kept seeing the negative all around me—the people, the events, and the general feelings surrounding me.
I can also apply this to times when I have been around positive people and experiences. I would see the benefits, the positivity, the happiness, and the overall good feelings.
In the world today, it is so easy to become disenchanted. It is easy to focus only on how horrible life is. The news and social media make sure we see it because fear keeps us watching. We keep watching, hoping to find the solution.
But we don’t necessarily get a solution from it. Instead, we often hear and see more drama and more negativity.
The opposite is true as well.
If we look for goodness, we will find it.
Fred Rogers talked about how, when he was a child, he would ask his mother about frightening or negative events. She told him to “look for the helpers.”
Thinking back to 9/11/01, it was so easy to get sucked into the fear, rage, and hopelessness of that day. I sat on my living room floor for hours watching the same events happen over and over again. The trauma kept building as I continued to watch, and I felt myself falling into a darkness.
It felt surreal, but it was real.
Eventually, I stepped away from the news and started looking at the world directly around me. I began to see the goodness. The beauty. The helpers.
Psalm 19:1–4 talks about the heavens declaring the glory of the Lord and how the skies proclaim it. Not with speech or words, but through what we can see, hear, feel, and experience.
I follow a woman who lives in the UK and videos herself searching for sea glass on the beaches. She finds the smallest pieces, each beautiful in its own shape, size, and color. The joy she feels when she finds them is incredible. I wonder how many people walk those same beaches but never see it.
It makes me want to go look for sea glass because I now see the beauty of it and want to feel that excitement.
But it also makes me wonder: How many times have I been to a beach and never noticed a piece of sea glass because I was looking for shells instead?
Maybe that is the point.
What you are looking for is what you are more likely to find.
If you are feeling like this world is too negative, maybe zoom in a little closer. Look at what is directly around you.
Go out and look for the beauty.
See it. Feel it. Hear it.
Look for the glory of God that is spoken without words. His beauty and goodness surround us. We just need to look for it.
So go.
Find your version of sea glass.
Photo by: Joshua Sortino
