The colors of fall are always beautiful. They signify change in all shades. I love how the dark green shifts to lighter shades and it mixes with the oranges and yellows. I don't even know when the colors start to shift, its a silent transition that takes over and makes you look st the same scenery differently. This week I am looking at all the changes from the outside of my tent. Just being thankful that there is beauty all around me.
I wanted a definition of subtle before I dove into this topic. I mean I understand giving subtle hints but this made me think a little deeper like how there is a subtle pink in the clouds or how the moon has a subtle shade of gray in it. It is the subtle in almost everything that makes it uniquely beautiful. The dash of color admit my dark walls, the soft glow of the street light on the dark corner. It isnt so much that these things are unnoticeable but more often taken for granted. Today as I sat at the picnic table and watched the leaves continue to fall, I saw the single pines gather in piles and cast a beautiful cover over the playground.![]()
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We are heading into the weekend, there is no better time to sit and write! I may have to share a few beautiful things I see throughout the weekend!
I just saw a movie that kept making a reference to always look up. I can remember the details and of course I cried becauae it was a beautiful movie, but don't dare ask me what movie. All I can tell you is that I often just look up. You might call this cheating but I especially enjoying popping the trunk of my car and looking at images that pop up on the camera screen. I sit there and think just how beautiful it is. I also have this friend for a very long time who exchanged the most beautiful photos of skylines filled with beauty. There is so much to say about looking up, but the reality is if you are looking up, you can't be down.![]()
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It is not to late to join me! Today marks day 9 in our 31 day writing challenge from Ordinary and Happy. ![]()
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The closest window to me is the sliding glass door. I look out at it often through the mirrored blinds that hold the pools reflection. Watching the water and small waves is beautiful. There is a single plant in a beautiful white box that I have hopes dug down in its roots. I welcome the fruit of the soursop. I can already see the next plant and where it will sit on the patio and the beautiful smell it will give off when the wind blows or I swim past it while doing laps. I enjoy both the beauty of what I see in that big window now and in the plans I have in my future.![]()
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Sit down with me and look out the closest window next to you and then write about what you see. So much beauty all around us.![]()
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In the day to day, I overlook the weeds poking up from the lawn, but just today I saw within the weeds a food source for the butterflies that frequently visit me when I walk outside. I dug a little deeper and found it to be a source of sweet nectar. ![]()
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There are countless things I overlook and take for granted. Even me when I look in the mirror and complain about my reflection amd how she looks back at me. She couldn't be more beautiful for everything she is and she isn't, she is me.![]()
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Join me for this 31 day journal challenge and discover the beauty in day to day life. I appreciate the creator of this calendar who challenges us to see beyond site.![]()
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Journaling can either allow you to free write your feelings or think them through. Thinking about beautiful things I've experienced, I also think about the most painful. I remember graduating from high school, getting married, having children. I also can see the beauty in healing after broken relationships and spending time with my favorite people. I have had the opportunity to feel both good and bad, happy and sad. In all of these feelings the beauty is in the breakthrough. ![]()
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Come journal with me this month and take a look at the beauty all around you.![]()
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I love the sound of the ocean, the sound of the trees in the wind, the sound of children playing and the sound of praise. ![]()
I love the sound of my phone ringing when I find anyone but the bill collector calling, the sound of laughter and the healing in a cry. ![]()
So many things to love if you only listen...
I think every moment with those I love is beautiful. Sometimes they are a little bit more energy draining then I want them to be. Sometimes there is so much going on I just sit in the silent spot, but there is nothing more beautiful than these moments and the memories they leave me with.
Beauty is all around me. It is in the moments, looking at nature and in kindness. I think beauty is in the season and in forgiveness when the situation looks bleak.![]()
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What do we want for our children? I desire them to have a future better than mine. I want that to have an inheritance and a legacy rich in traditions, integrity, faith and love. ![]()
I'd like to believe that those aren't hard things and that in many cases most would think the same. ![]()
So how do we get there? 🤔 ![]()
As a teacher, life coach, and parent I spent this week researching these questions and better yet how I respond to situations as they arise. ![]()
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It took me 20 minutes to talk a student down into making better choices, I watched another student push back after being pushed in a game because he dad told him fight back. I talked to a cop who said he doesnt know what to teach his kids when it comes to these things. Kids run laps, lose their video games and celebrate the idea of being suspended so they don't have to go to school. Parents are busy and school is more than learning math and grammar. Students are craving attention or none at all, and this is just scratching the surface.![]()
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If I am painting a picture its because its the reality. I am praying for change. I am praying that we are not juat thinking in the moment but for the future. I don't think its necessary for us to be prepared, to be ready but we should also teach our children discernment. Teach them to be wise and aware. Pull them out of the video games and make them look around. Punish them appropriately and love them unconditionally. ![]()
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Please, please, be the change you want to see.