I have been so filled with joy at the beauty of spring opening up all around me. Last week the Japanese Cherry trees were in full bloom. They are the ones Washington DC is so famous for having by the Jefferson Memorial.
Japanese Cherry Blossom
This week the dogwoods are out in full bloom. The azaleas and redbuds are beginning to open. Spring is in its glorious splendor of colors.
Who couldn’t be happy and joyful with this kind of beauty everywhere?!
Take time this week to notice the beauty around you.
I Walk with Beauty
I was reminded of a Navajo chant the other day about walking in beauty. Here’s part of it. Repeat this some time when you get sucked into negativity at work, or feel pain, anger, or frustration.
I walk with beauty before me,
I walk with beauty behind me,
I walk with beauty above me,
I walk with beauty below me,
I walk with beauty all around me,
As I walk the beauty way.
Celebrate Spring
I have been taking videos and pictures of the beautiful flowering trees to remind me that beauty is every where around and within me.
Here’s a link to a video I took and posted on my website : Cherry Blossom Meditation
I posted this video to share the beauty of the cherry blossoms. Take 5 minutes to still your mind and let the beauty of the video fill your cup.
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Bright Blessings as you Walk the Beauty Way – Aho!
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Linda Ferguson wrote the book "Path for Greatness: Spirituality at Work" and has presented workshops around the country on aligning our gifts, passion and purpose.
It really is beautiful, this time of year. The challenge with beauty is to get our hearts out of the presssure of commuting, to-do lists and frantic deadlines. I know that it only takes a moment, but you have to take that moment. Years ago, I was walking to lunch with a geologist friend. As we passed what was to me, a pile of construction gravel, he stopped and picked up a few stones. As he held some of the stones up to the sun, and cought some of the light a piece of gravel turned into a rough gem. As he shared some of the science behing the stone and from the composition of it’s neighbors, he identified the location of the stone’s quary. Construction gravel transformed from ordinary to a thing of beauty. Amazing! And now, years later, when I can, i stop to pick up stones from the gravel, and hold them up and appreciate the beauty. It is like airing up a house that has been closed for a long time. Even ordinary gravel can refresh the soul.
Thanks Dan! That is a nice reminder that the ordinary can be a thing of beauty- it’s all in the eye of the beholder. We just need to take the time to behold the beauty.
Your comment has special meaning to me because my dad was a geologist. Even into his final year, at age 85, he would stop and look at rocks, stones, fossils and get excited.