words and pictures....
September 6, 2013
Today, I will remember to stop and take time for myself. One person can only do so much, and I must remember that I am one person. Today, I will pause long enough to appreciate myself and pamper my heart and soul, if only for a few short moments. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2013
July 11, 2013
Today I re-mind myself that every day is budding and blossoming with new possibilities. When I open my heart and soul to the boundless opportunities I am allowing the Universe to fill my life with the beautiful flowers of life that signify all that there is. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Iris at Maudslay State park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2013
March 16, 2012
“Love is acceptance. Love is compassion. Love is honesty. Love is the perfect Rose, that blooms in the sun’s warm glow. Love is the laughter and the smile of a child. Love is the knowledge that, all things are as God created them. When I accept that, I open my heart and soul, to ceaseless possibilities.” – Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Red Poppies ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)
February 29, 2012
When I look to the skies, I often see very magical formations in clouds like the one below that looks a bit like a rainbow colored lightening bolt seen through the the bare trees:
When I see rainbows, my heart lifts up to the heavens in a sort of communion with the universe that fills me with joy.
It’s so important to find joy in the little things in life, as I have noted here in my Daily Affirmation today, and my Food For Thought post yesterday.
We go through life sometimes in a very numb state of mind, in that we forgot to look to the skies for rainbows or stop and smell the flowers.
I learned a long time ago that in being in the moment, you place your heart and soul in alignment with the opportunity to experience and feel joy. To be in the moment takes constant work and practice on living with an open mind and an open heart.
Awakening to joy, seeing rainbows is a great balm to the soul when we learn to look to even the littlest things to fill our hearts and minds with love and gratitude.
(Photo: Rainbow Bolt Through the Trees ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
February 18, 2012
When I look at bare trees, I see ever moving, ever changing limbs of life that are preparing to bloom again. For, they have their seasons just as we do. Our lives are indeed ever moving, ever changing and in that movement and growth we grow as a tree grows.
Sometimes we feel as though our lives are caught in some strange vortex, in which we liquify, as the bare limbs in the photo above have been.
We feel our selves spinning around, flowing in every which way, unable to grasp a bare branch and hold on. It takes our breath away. It confuses our senses. It is ego, fear manifest. Be it brief or lingering, we simply want the whirling to stop.
Give in to the vortex, take the ride… Understand that all things in life happen for a reason, and there are lessons to be learned.
I always know, deep down in my heart and soul, that if I am lost, I will be found. And I will be stronger for the wild ride in the vortex of life…
Namaste… Pamela
(Photo: Hawk Silhouette in Vortex Tree ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
February 16, 2012
When the heart and soul are weary with worries and cares, we think often to wall our selves in and in truth we sometimes build a dam around our selves. But that dam we build to shut out the world and worries that have dragged us down, also shuts out the light.
Today, I re-mind myself that in the light I am healed.
Today, I re-mind myself that no walls, no dam can hold me in or keep me down.
(Photo: Beaver Dam at Hellcat Swamp, Parker River Wildlife Refuge ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
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