I came back to my computer today to find myself the recipient of the Beautiful Blogger Award, given unexpectedly and generously by Josie of earth, sky & sea.
Such a surprise. So beautiful. And a gracious stimulus to the thoughts that follow; beautiful thoughts I needed to hear myself speak, see myself write, feel myself live:
You know how you just do what you do? How you write what you love? How you talk about what makes you nearly vibrate with passion and ooze energy? How you laugh freely and with complete vulnerability when in places of trust? How you labor tirelessly for what matters?
This is where beauty dwells.
And then you know how some days you second guess everything? You wonder if it’s all worth it. If anyone notices. If it really makes any difference. If you’re actually accomplishing anything. If relationships can mend – or last. If bills will be paid. If business will grow. If the tyranny of must-do’s will cease. If wounds will heal. If kids will survive. If books will be written. If dreams will be manifest. If horses will fly.
Well, maybe you don’t. Maybe it’s just me that endlessly asks these rhetorical questions, that spins in such spaces, that makes myself nearly hyperventilate at times.
This is not where beauty dwells. The more questions I ask, doubts I harbor, and worries I hold, the further away I move.
What happens when I allow beauty to pervade, to exist, to be named, to be true?
I breathe again. I go to Beautiful.
- Beautiful: Words, concepts, themes, and ideas.
- Beautiful: Faith, the Feminine, Telling the Truth.
- Beautiful: Work.
- Beautiful: Holding the intangible.
- Beautiful: Letting go of pain.
- Beautiful: Conversations with friends.
- Beautiful: The man with whom I laugh until I cry.
- Beautiful: Touch. Embrace.
- Beautiful: Hope renewed.
- Beautiful: My strong, courageous, and winsome daughters.
- Beautiful: My past.
- Beautiful: My family.
- Beautiful: Mistakes. Lessons learned. Grace extended.
- Beautiful: The face I see in the mirror each day.
- Beautiful: The presence of the Divine.
- Beautiful: My heart, my desire, my life, my love.
Thanks, Josie. I needed to be reminded of this place. It is ample, available, ripe, and infinite.
I only need to step forward. To move. To go.
To Beautiful.
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If all this isn’t beautiful enough, I couldn’t resist adding one of my absolute all-time favorite songs:
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Thank you, Ronna! What a great reminder to keep seeking the beautiful, to keep doing what I do. And, no, you are definitely not the only one who asks these questions over and over….
So, the trick is, when the questions start, grab my camera and find some beautiful small thing. And share it.
Beautiful.
Hugs and butterflies,
~T~
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I love that you seek, see, and capture beauty all the time, Teresa. It’s, well, beautiful! Thank you.
Congratulations on being a Beautiful Blogger! I love your list of Beautiful things, and I LOVE that India Arie song too. She’s amazing, and so are you!
Thanks, Emme. ‘Appreciate you!
Wow! No matter what we call it, returning to that place of authenticity is liberating and full of joy! Thanks for sharing your musings – and no, you are not the only one whose head gets caught up in worry… thank God we don’t have to stay there!
Sue Breisch´s last [type] ..The Seeds of Women
Liberating and full of joy. I’ve been thinking about the word “freedom” lately (more blog musings, undoubtedly) and both these words are synonymous with such for me. Freedom feels to be the antidote for worry, in many ways. Freedom is what I want/need – and always, beauty. Thanks for being here, Sue!
As my granny used to tell me (ad nauseum), “Beauty is as beauty does.” Absolutely well-deserved, and not that there is any question–the gracious generousness of your “thank you” is lovely.
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Mmmm, thank you Julianne. (It’s hard to stop that echo of gratitude once it starts, isn’t it? Which, truly, is it’s beauty!)
Congratulations! So deserved, so beautiful
! I love this beautiful list!
I am certainly there with you on BOTH kinds of days – thanks for reminding me to see the beautiful more often, more clearly!
Shawna Cevraini´s last [type] ..Following Your Dreams
Of course, you’re welcome – and thank you, Shawna.
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