Today's Picture to Ponder Photos
Orchids from the American Orchid Society greenhouse and Magnolias from the Dallas Arboretum
The Story
Life has been rich and full, with amazing, transformational courses and, even more importantly, with visits and time spent with family and friends.
The top orchid photo was taken when I was sharing my beloved AOS gardens and greenhouse with cousins from NJ and their two sons, one of whom lives in San Francisco and the other, in Vienna. What a delight it was to spend the day with them sharing my local Nature paradises.
Though I'm not sure why, I was been drawn to this particular orchid image when I downloaded it into my computer. I started "testing" it out for use in Picture to Ponder and set it aside. Then yesterday, it popped up on my MacIntosh monitor, seemingly out of nowhere, while I was working on my Windows laptop. So, I'm trusting that there is a reason it wants to be with you.
The lower photo, magnolias, opening and reaching out, was taken in the Dallas Arboretum during a tour with Rebecca, my wonderful and generous hostess and friend. The flowers themselves seem to happily be welcoming Spring, officially here in three weeks and a couple of days.
Both photos work together compositionally in the similar colors and opposing directions of the linear patterns.
Today's Self-Reflecting Queries
Recently, I have been coming more aware of my intuition, a somewhat alien field for me since I've always said I wasn't very intuitive. Despite that, throughout the years of publishing Picture to Ponder and selecting photos for it, I've often said that particular photos "wanted to be with you," a form of intuition, I'm sure.
Experience and hearing from you has me know that a photo or photos, and sometimes the writing, in each issue will have a profound impact on at least one of you. So I started trusting that if something "pops" out at me, it is meant to be here for you for some reason. I am, therefore, especially curious to learn if today's orchid photo has a elicited a particularly meaningful response in any of you.
In querying myself, I decided to print out the photo, to move away from the computer and use it as a journal writing prompt. I invite you to do the same. I will point out that, for me, the experience of the photo was quite different when printed out, so I wrote also from memory.
Not wanting to "color" your response, should you choose to take on the journaling exercise, I will not discuss the photo further. Should you wish to share in the COMMENT section of the blog, or query my writing experience, I'd be glad to share in follow up comments.
All of this is evidently coming from my intuition. Are you tuned into yours? If you think not, I invite you to pause from time-to-time today in whatever you are doing
and notice if your thoughts suggest a particular action... could be something very small, such as pick up something, move across the room, or any one of hundreds of things. If so, pay attention in a way you might not have done before and have fun with it.
Moving on to, perhaps, a totally different conversation - In the last issue I mentioned "gratitude." Once again I am very present to it, after a week away consisting of two days with like-minded businesswomen and five days with friends and family, then visits with more who have traveled here to Florida.
I invite you to express gratitude for that for which you are currently most appreciative.
Sometimes it may not always be so easy. If for some reason you are in that space, I invite you to look around you, find a color, a shape, something which attracts your eye. Be with that for a minute or two and find the gratitude that you can pull from it.
As always, when you're finished, I invite you to share your experience on the blog. See the instructions below if you need help.
And, remember to have fun, or if this got "heavy" at the end, to find peace. |
