Yesterday, I watched this beautiful buck race across a field. Full force…no hesitation, no looking back. And I had a thought.
Like the buck, my life is happening right now. Not yesterday or tomorrow, now.
And I wondered, can I live from a place of now? Can I release my thoughts of the past and worries about the future?
A worthy aspiration…inspired by a magnificent buck.
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Wise beings suggest that animals don’t have free will. They live as they were designed, always true to their nature. I thought about that as I watched this charming little grebe floating in a pond.
We humans were gifted with free will. And with our choices come blessings and lessons and responsibility, all designed to foster growth.
And I had a wondering. How am I choosing to live? In fear and angst and judgment? Or in peace and love and harmony?
And I realized how important it is to be aware of my choices, moment by moment as best I can. I’ve heard it said that we’re all connected by strands of light.
And each thought, each utterance, and each action affects the whole. So what we think, say, and do impacts us all.
Something to ponder…inspired by a lovely bird.
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So beautiful…a pelican floating close to shore.
To me, the ocean feels magical…a place for quiet introspection and rejuvenation and inspiration.
Watching the gentle curls of water endlessly brushing the shore, I was lost in the waves, mesmerized.
When I find myself captivated in nature, life slows and time disappears. Maybe that’s the draw of the ocean…hypnotic, beautiful, and mysterious.
Jacques Cousteau once said, ‘The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.’
For a brief time, the pelican and I rested in that net of wonder.
And I was enchanted…
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