The Beauty of Just Being There!
One fine afternoon, on a day off from work, I was standing by my window looking outside. And then, just like that, in that moment of stillness I realized just how beautiful the soft winter sun felt in the mildness of the genle breeze blowing in my face. I just stood there taking it all in and letting it sweep through me.
It was in that moment that I realized that in the fast pace of life, I had forgotten to slow down and appreciate the beauty of little things in life.
So I decided to take some time off for myself, simply to
stare at the sunlight, to take in the smell of the soil and to listen to the birds chirping. No thoughts crossed my
mind. No words escaped lips. All was silence, all was calm, and then the peace
of nature slowly seeped through my soul.
Sometimes, that’s how things work - so simple and right there in front of our eyes and yet we don’t see it. I was awe-struck by the stillness of nature and by the depth of its calmness. God has made all things so simple and so beautiful. All we need to do is open our eyes and see, and life will be all the better for it.
Sometimes, that’s how things work - so simple and right there in front of our eyes and yet we don’t see it. I was awe-struck by the stillness of nature and by the depth of its calmness. God has made all things so simple and so beautiful. All we need to do is open our eyes and see, and life will be all the better for it.
Sometimes, you need to slow down to speed up. You need to stop so that you may start again. Break the routine, or the routine will break you. Take a break, or the brakes may fail you.
You don’t need to fly off to a distant land or ski
your way through the seas to have that break. You need only pick up on the little joys that life so generously places all around us - watch the sun go down, feel the cool morning breeze, listen to the birds chirping and the leaves rustling, and just....breathe. That's nature at our doorstep adding beauty and colour to an otherwise mundane life.
While driving to work the next day, that's just what I did. I took a few moments to stare at the rising sun and to admire the beauty that surrounded me - the horizon filled with some brilliant shades of red and orange, the trees beautifully
lined up the road and the sweet chillness of the air spreading its joy to
the very bottom of my soul. Everything was just so
beautiful! And that - just that - made my day.
#TheLittleThingsInLife
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