What we do for Pictures… Laying with the Daffodils
Buttercup dreams…
Happy weekend! 🌟 Stay well and stay safe!
Tag: Mindful Moments
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Ten Things That Make Me Happy Tag
I want to thank Mr. Holliman from A Happy Life for tagging me in this happy tag. I am thankful and honored. If you have a few minutes, check out his blog for great recipes and inspiration.
Ten things that make me happy tag rules:
1. List 10 things that make you happy. (Linking to them, sharing pictures, writing poems about them, telling jokes, etc. are all encouraged but not required.)
2. Tag some people who make you happy (and notify them of their tag).
10 things that make me happy:
1. A healthy diet
Food is our first, most basic medicine. It just feels good to eat good food!
Photo by Anna Pelzer
2. Good Rest
Adequate sleep is good for your immune system.
Photo by Kate Stone Matheson
3. Vitamin-C
Since I started taking vitamin c regularly, I have been 10-years free of chronic tonsillitis and sore throats.
Photo by Freestocks
4. Reiki
A Japanese stress-relieving therapy that aids the body’s natural healing abilities and helps with mood regulation. Photo by Ravi Roshan
5. Meditation
It’s the variety! There are probably as many ways to meditate as there are people!
Photo by Tim Goedhart
6. Reading
Reading is a great therapy. It is stepping away into a different space … an emptying of sorts. Then, anchoring and filling the mind with a new focus for a time. Hey, it sounds a bit like meditation!
Photo by Aaron Burden
7. Mantras
What do you think about while chanting mantras? The words you are saying and the intention behind them I hope! It is having a focused mind with a specific intent – while speaking in the language of energy. Hmmm, sounds meditative. And effective!
Photo by Zoltan Tasi
8. Transporting Disabled Veterans
It feels like such a small thing at times, but it’s pretty big for those who can’t get to the doctor on their own. In its own way, it touches lives – and not just theirs. It brings some wild stories and wild rides – with a huge assortment of unforgettable memories, names and faces.
Photo by Zhen Hu
9. Blogging
My feelings on blogging have been very diverse. They have ranged from:
- How do people do this every day?
- It seemed like a good idea at the time.
- Do I have to?
- I just made 50 straight days of posting, how about that!
- I think I like this!
- Just keep posting, just keep posting, swimming, swimming… (oh that’s Dory) posting!
- This has become a “thing”
- Who would I be if I didn’t blog?
It will be my one-year anniversary blogging in April and it’s been quite a journey … it has been its own Pilgrimage.
Photo by Launchpresso
10. Tribe
It’s a different way of being and thinking for some. It’s about so many things done in the spirit of togetherness… it’s never an option to step away for too long. Separateness is only by circumstance, and togetherness is always the goal.
Photo by Hannah Busing
For those who’d like to participate – the people for this tag are:
1. PurpleRays – https://purplerays.wordpress.com
2. The Mysterious Blogger – http://getthemysteriousblogger.com
3. Lauravent69– http://lavent69.blog
4. Paul Militaru – http://photopaulm.com
5. Pene’ Pasta for the Soul – https://justpene.com
6. Michael Jordahl – https://michaeljordahl.wordpress.com/
Thank you again Mr. Holliman for the tag!
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Today’s Shot 85
Crystal Shards #5
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
How many ships
Upon the raging sea
Have seen the light
And sailed safely home to thee …
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“Lighthouses don’t go running all over the island looking for boats to save. They just stand there shinning.”
-Anne Lamott
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A Meditation
Staying in More
During this time, we are out less. We could think “isolated” or we could think, “Protect and Prevent.” I guess it’s all in how we see it.We could see it as more time spent with home or family. It’s good food cooked at home, time for board and card games, or catching up on some family movies.
We could notice. How often do we really stop and listen and see.
We’re noticing the tension in our world and especially, we see those of us who are out in the thick of it, day in and day out. There are gloves and masks and hand sanitizer along with, “keep your distance.” They screen me entering the hospitals and rest homes. And, I’m glad for the precautions taken. It’s a different world though isn’t it?
What do we do, finding that we have extra time on our hands, while also finding that today is a very different day than even a few days ago… I wish that the reasons the world has slowed down were different ones. And, I wish that the world slowed down more often for better ones. Why does it take critical times for us to slow our pace?
With that in mind, here is a meditation to sooth the body, mind, and spirit. As we send our healing light out into the world, may our souls also find peace and rest.
Stay in when you can. Find some zen. Prevent and protect! 🌟
Background soundtrack is from Insight Timer by Owen Jenkins, Nature Sounds: Flowing Stream
Cover and Video Photo Credit: 12019@Pixabay
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Today’s Shot 82
Slow-Motion Crystal Shards Returning to their Original Liquid State
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Face Masks
During this time, I have seen many people wearing masks. While this can be helpful – also remember that the best protection is for anyone who is currently unwell to wear them. And if you are wearing them while well to prevent germs, remember that germs may adhere to the outer surface of your mask 😷. If you take your mask off or touch it, you’ll need to wash / sanitize your hands!
Prevent and Protect! 🌟
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Today’s Shot 81
Frozen in Time
Water flows, always on the move.
Ever changing, what does it prove?
Then it stands still – for a moment in time,
Like a looking glass, we look and we find.
What has been flowing – is now still.
What was up – now pointing downhill.
Past echoes, future sight – drumming.
The sun is coming, the sun is coming…
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Nekneeraj has chosen this photo by anouar olh on Pexels.com for our challenge this week at MindLoveMisery’s Managerie.
Challenge photo by anouar olh on Pexels.com
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Today’s Shot 78
Whispers
The wind whispering
Through the grasses and the leaves
Weaving, bending, dance
Breezy voices sing and sigh
Waving greetings at the sky …
Allium
Allium is the ancient Latin word for garlic, from the Celtic word all, meaning “hot or burning”. Its species name sativum means “cultivated” or “planted.” Spear plant or Gar-leac is the Anglo-Saxon word from which garlic is derived.
1665
The London College of Physicians recommended garlic to prevent plague.
Prevent and Protect 🌟
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Soul Crafts
Dream Catcher
Dream Catcher
Making Sense of the Messy Middle
A friend recently taught me how to make a Dream Catcher and I finally finished it! At first, it looked like a ill-formed mess of nothingness – but then it grew to have shape and meaning. It’s kind of like life sometimes… how we can take what seems to be a mess, what looks like ashes, and keep working with it until we find the meaning and beauty.
Thank you Dory 😊
Dream Catcher
“The middle is messy, but it’s also where the magic happens.”
-Brene Brown
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Heavy
I loved this post from Beth @ I Didn’t Have My Glasses On
Yesterday was heavy. Put it down.
— image credit: diego rivera, untitled (a heavy load) 1948
Cover photo by Kelly Sikkema
Pilgrimage Studio 