What it looks like

I know what the salt container looks like. It’s cardboard. Dark blue. White text. Silver spout. Little girl with a yellow dress and an umbrella. Same as it’s always been. Same as it was growing up.

We know what things look like. And when we go looking for them in the cabinet, we know what to look for.

But there are other things that we don’t always recognize. Even when we’re searching.

Success. Forgiveness. Progress. Friendship. Regret. Remorse. Fear. Love.

We have an idea of what these things look like, but sometimes they present themselves in ways that we don’t recognize until much later.