Tagged mindful gratitude practice
Beautiful Moments: Smoky Mountain Sweetness
Thought I would share some of the Smoky Mountain sweetness from my vacation in North Carolina last week. Enjoy!
Catching the rolling clouds overhead,
powerful forces of beauty
reshaping the landscape’s light and shadow
Admiring the flowing elements softly changing the earth,
inhaling the sweetness of less inhabited air
Finding a kindred soul while searching a cabin bookshelf,
reliving my pilgrimage through the written word
Beautiful Moments: Cold Winter Days and “The Love that Let Us Share Our Name”
The table set before my birthday dinner with my little family.
Feeling held by candle light and love
appreciating the magic of regular moments
made particular by caring hands and connected hearts
Making the gift bags for the kids and Jamey before I went on my ten-day silent retreat, one for each day I was gone to tell them how they help me, why I am proud of them, the reasons and ways I love them.
Translating absence to deeper appreciation
attempting to express with inadequate words
the “love that let us share our name”
Beautiful Moments: Rainbows, New Notebooks and Pumpkin Donuts
Opening the first page of a new notebook,
blank space soon to be filled
beginning again, pen to paper,
poised to fill the pages
Beautiful Moments: Bare Toes in Fall Leaves and Bursting Blooms and Sun Rays
Pressing feet into fall leaves,
feeling the breeze
the rustling,
the crunch and crumble,
between my toes
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