Warmth

deeclarknz.comI absolutely love the feel of the sun’s warmth on my face. I always have. When the chill of winter disappears, I’m in heaven. Every fiber of my being comes alive. A warm glow surfaces to my outlook, thawing my mind and muscles. It’s like a blanket that warms my heart and ignites the inward, hidden parts of my soul. Mornings are my favourite; the beauty of sun light, drinking in it’s warmth on my face and sipping from a steaming mug.

I am smitten with the sun. The warmth reminds me of love.

Or a friend seated across the room in the cozy chair, warming my heart.

Or resting my head on a friend’s shoulder letting the fuzzy warmth of her hug flow through me. The kind of warmth that clicks your bones back into place, smooths out your muscles and make your blood sing a soft lullaby all the way around your body.

Love is that micro-moment of connection that you share with another living being; showing some warmth to get warmth in return.

I smile with relief knowing somebody found ways to love me.

Love comforts, it is gentle, it is warm and you can feel it within your entire being.

Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, embracing you from all directions into safe lulling warmth, isolating you from the sharp cold edges of the world.

“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” (Lucy Larcom)

Love is so irresistibly beautiful…

Our love should radiate like the sun, warming everything it touches.

Imagine that the sun is shining in your heart. Allow it to light it up so that there are no dark corners.

Everything is pure and clear and the warmth of the sun in your heart fills you from head to toe with a sense of wellbeing.

Let it surround you with the feeling of a warm embrace.

Open your heart as wide as you can so that the sun in your heart has a chance to go as far as possible with its beautiful rays of light and its nourishing strengths.

Let it shine upon the people near to you. Let your heart bring warmth and love to the people that you know or can think of, have heard about or seen, or just assume to be there.

The sun is capable of nurturing growth. Feel love take root in your heart and spring upward.

The more strength it has, the more warmth others will feel.

Give the gift of love and compassion and care and concern.

SMILE.

All the statistics in the world can’t measure the warmth of a smile.

It expresses love and tenderness.

Keep each other warm. Share your strengths.

Feel the buoyancy and the lightness that comes from giving love. Your heart will light up, and be nourished.

The sun on my face and in my heart reminds me of warmth, clarity, and deep satisfaction.

Try it. Turn your face upward and let the the sun warm you through and through.

Bask in the moment. Experience the warmth. Feel the refreshing.

(And should the sun be hiding behind a cloud where you live…open your heart, it feels pretty much the same.)

Dee

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Converge

IMG_2553.JPGBy graceful motions lives converge

IMG_2554.JPGResurge

IMG_2559.JPGSubmerge

IMG_2560.JPGDeterge

IMG_2556.JPGImmerge

IMG_2561.JPGUpserge

IMG_2560-0.JPGAllowing meaningful existence to emerge.

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Cee’s Black and White Photo Chalkenge:Glass

IMG_7059.JPGSea glass has become one of my favorite reasons to walk our beaches.

IMG_7065.JPGSeaglass forms as shattered glass is rolled and tumbled in the ocean for years until all of their edges are rounded off, and the slickness of the glass has been worn to a frosted appearance.

IMG_7064.JPGLife tumbles us, too. Mine smoothed a few of my rough edges. Hopefully, I’m better for it. And I’m probably not as slick as I thought I once was either. I’m sure that’s a good thing. 😜

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Glass

One Word Photo Challenge: Mahogany

IMG_0021-0.JPGWhen my dad retired, he bought some horses to eat the grass on his 10 acres of land and gifted them to his grandchildren.

IMG_7056.JPGThis beauty belonged to my son.

IMG_7058.JPGI assumed we could rock up, saddle her and ride to our heart’s content. I know. I know. Clueless.

IMG_7052.JPGChristopher needed to build trust in her before he could think about riding her. He had to begin slowly with gentle touches and quiet coaxing.

IMG_7053.JPGShe needed to get used to the sound of his voice and his smell.

IMG_7054.JPGA couple of days passed before she was willing to eat from his hand.

IMG_7055.JPGThere would be no riding on that visit…but a young boy fell head-over-heels in love with his first horse. A mahogany beauty he called Rose.

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular

 

 

This week the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is angular. My angle in this challenge is to highlight my boys at play. I hope you enjoy.

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

D

What’s Your Angle?

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What’s your angle?

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When we make a move in life, it’s important to understand what is motivating us?

Do you do what you do out of compassion?

Or

Do you do what you do to manipulate?

We choose different angles for different reasons.

Before you act, stop and ask yourself…

What’s my angle.

Choose compassion.

It’s powerful.

Journey on,

D

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge this week is Lines and Angles.

Enjoy!

Dr Seuss Has Been In The Garden

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Springtime has everything bursting forth with color and life all around me.

Cee’s black and white photo challenge this week asked us to take a few steps and capture what we saw.

This plant made me think that Dr. Seuss might have been in the garden.

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Have a great week.

D

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist

The following are my photo entries for this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Minimalist.

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Sometimes You Just Have to Give It A Go

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I have to be honest with you, I am no farm girl. It is not my calling in life and I am pretty sure that I would be completely useless at the job. The first time I walked through a sheep paddock, I was so busy trying to keep “sheep-poo” off of my gumboots that I got no real work done (even though my husband said that was why I was wearing them -so I didn’t have to worry about where I stepped). I was all about protecting the shoes. I was obviously not cut out for farming or live stock management.

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But I was intrigued by the deer farms (from this side of the fence) since I had never seen one in the USA. Deer roam wild in America as far I was aware. I had never seen them farmed.

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I have been corrected as far as my deer farming knowledge…apparently, they are a some type of elk. City girl knowledge. But hey, it is what it is. And I’m ok with that!

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My husband gifted me 100 sheep the first year we were married. Not sure he quite understood what a “gift” was at the time. It was a business gift. A way for me to make some money. Ahaha…I felt sorry for those sheep…and ME!

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We tried to make a pet out of the lambs…

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(By the way, that is a baby NZ opossum catching a ride there…like I said, poor sheep)

 

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This is me trying my hand at being a rousey. Please don’t ask me to explain, I’m not sure I could. It has something to do with keeping the floor clean while the sheep are being shorn.

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My son enjoyed chasing (herding) the sheep….

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But once he caught one he tried riding it and I’m not sure that is what you do with sheep.

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Needless to say, we only had sheep for one season and we left the farming to the experts.

I may have told you this before, but NZ has more sheep than people. NZ lamb is considered to be the best in the world. (Shhhh! we didn’t tell our sheep that they were produce … or is that an agriculture term?)

Life is much less complicated when you stick to what you know. But every once in a while, you give something a “go” just because you can. You certainly, learn a lot about yourself when you try something new.

In my case, I confirmed my life long theory that I did not want to be a farmer among other things.

I guess that is something. Now, I know for sure.

Sometimes in life you just have to give it a go.  You might look back wondering why in the world you took the path you did. Most of time, it’s pretty easy to step back and change direction. Learn. Change. Grow. And keep moving forward. At the very least, you will know for a certainty what didn’t work. Usually, you gain insight that is valuable for your journey.

D