Can you think of 5 things you noticed or observed in nature today, using all your senses?
I was wondering if this would be a beneficial exercise to help us focus on something else instead of painful emotions, troubled thoughts, over thinking, anxiety feelings and the darkness of that alone place.
As well as to see that there really is beauty all around us....
When you feel sad, You may look to the ground.
Missing the blessings that are all around.
So today I encourage you to look up to the sky,
and take notice of the things so high.
You may see some clouds, fluffy and white,
or a flock of white waterbirds in hasty flight.
Or you may see the stars so very bright,
shining through the sky of the night.
The sun may be up there, amongst the blue,
giving is warmth to me and to you.
So I urge you today to look up to the sky,
and be thankful for noticing the things up high.
And also I want you to really know,
that perhaps the sadness you feel may start to go.
In my tiny (messy) unit backyard through the laundry door I watched a simple sparrow busily collecting many bits of dry grass. It was good to watch, if only to distract me from how I was feeling for a minute.
Listening to the Crows in my front yard. I never used to like them much & preffered the Magpies that made friends with me easier. But now I realise that the crows, especially being large birds need to eat & feed their babies in the nest too.
What a beautiful post, I loved it. And I am so glad you watched the little sparrow collecting bits of dry grass. And your chosen name of "Ladybird" sort of fits in with your words. Beautiful....
I climbed onto my roof in the early morning and watched the cockatoos, parrots and magpies fly from tree to tree. I noticed how their calls were so distinctive from each other, and sounded different than in other times of day. I watched and heard the spring wind wshhhhhhh through the eucalyptus trees towering over the quiet neighbourhood. I felt the morning sun heat up the dusty roof tiles. Smelt the scent of new blossoms on the wind. Heard my dog desperately whining for me to come back down...
I felt like I was up on the roof with you. So glad you experienced all that. I could even hear the wshhhhh of the wind in my imagination as it moved through the leaves of the eucalyptus trees.
