How do you define beauty? What is beautiful to you? Beauty is what we find pleasing to our senses or our heart. Beauty can be many different things and it is certainly subjective and ever-changing. Beauty may simultaneously calm us down and make our spirits soar. Beauty often makes us pause to take inContinue reading “Be Beautiful”
Category Archives: Positivity
Beautifully Balanced
How do you define balance? Does this simple, two-syllable word have a positive connotation for you or does it bring images to your mind of a frenzied circus performer spinning plates or a precariously perched gymnast landing a backflip on a slender beam? I recently discovered this little treasure left for me on the gardenContinue reading “Beautifully Balanced”
Lighthouses and Fog
In February my husband and I visited the Cape Henry Lighthouse in Fort Story, Virginia. I love lighthouses. I love the architecture, the history, and all that a lighthouse symbolizes. Lighthouses are literal and figurative beacons of light, offering guidance, safety, and hope. I am also fascinated by the individuals who keep the light shining:Continue reading “Lighthouses and Fog”
Rockin’ Egg
My daughter recently told her four- and two-year-old, “last one in is a rotten egg.” Her four-year-old then replied with enthusiasm, “I want to be a rockin’ egg!” I had a great laugh at my granddaughter’s misunderstanding. I tried to envision her vision of a “rockin’ egg”. Was it an egg rocking in a rockingContinue reading “Rockin’ Egg”
Thank The Trees!
I believe sometimes we confuse positivity with cheerfulness. While the two are complementary, you can be positive without necessarily being cheerful. Optimistic, hopeful, and confident are other positive synonyms. Let’s face it, though; some challenges that come to us in life are just no fun and being cheerful all the time seems impossible. Can IContinue reading “Thank The Trees!”
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