Growing up, I observed a very prominent church located on a very busy street corner tear down their old Romanesque building and construct a very big and beautiful new structure in the English-American traditional style with a large columned front and a tall steeple.

It was a very beautiful structure.

From the side walk, one could walk up steps to the elaborate front doors, ascend the interior steps to a handsome landing, and through magnificent doors into the sanctuary.

To go from the outside front to the inside of this building was an aesthetic experience.

There was one small negative aspect to the overall design of this building.

Rarely, if ever, did many of the thousands of people who went to this church each year use this entrance.

A small outside door on the parking lot side of the building was where they entered.

This situation is typical of human behaviors in many of it’s activities.

We don’t seek, see, use, experience, or appreciate the beauty that surrounds and is available to our lives.

What we choose to do with all of the resources expended in our life time determines the experiences of our lives.

What is the level of beauty you choose to experience in your residential environments during your life time?

Food for thought.