Shared Beauty: A New Beginning 02/23/23

 


Beauty. Appreciation of Beauty.  And gratitude for each moment, these are things that heal, and that I want to teach and share.

For Example. You walk by flowers every day, You seldom really look at them, or see their beauty. Please take a minute to really look at my photograph above. 

Do you see the gorgeous 5 winged purple star in that flower? Or how mystically awesome the white light is, that flows from its center? Or how delicate, and blue veined, and delicate paper thin that flower is? Or how quickly it too shall pass, and that flower will wither and fall, and winter; only to come again bright and new again in the Spring?

Take time to see the beauty that surrounds us everywhere. A reflection of the sacred.

So much beauty surrounds us everywhere, yet few of us see it. I am lucky to see it, and want to pass that gift on to you.

When I was 16 and I saw an old man smile. It gave me hope. Now I am 74, and I am that old man. I want you to know why I smile. So you can smile more. And feel awe, and gratitude, and be happier, and more content, and have a life where at the end, you can look back and be thankful for how you lived, and what you contributed to the world.

 Please also do check out my website: beautyshared.org. Many of my poems, photographs, and a Reading from my book, Alpha Martin and Omega Steed are on that website. 

Have a great day!  Dan

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