Make 2012 Simply Beautiful!
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Daisies by Niamh Savani
Make 2012 a simply beautiful year! Balance your “being” and “doing” and become whole. Do things that bring joy, laughter, love, stillness and peace into your heart and life. Be compassionate towards others. Try to create as much beauty as you can.
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” ~ Ashley Smith
“Beauty” is my word for the year for 2012! I’ve set goals (not resolutions) for the year, but the foundation around which everything will revolve will be “Does this create beauty in my life or the lives of others?”.
Beauty does not need to be complicated – try to keep it simple! Just look at the photo of the daisies to the left – such an ordinary, simple flower - yet perfectly beautiful. Take time throughout your day to notice beauty. It is always around us if we just take the time to be still, centered and appreciate it. See beauty all around you, and if you can use your talents to create more beauty do so!
If life throws you a curveball or two (which it most likely will!) then remember that you can always consciously choose how to respond to any given situation. We cannot control or predict all of our 2012 circumstances, but we definitely can control our response to each challenge, our reaction to each situation, and our mental outlook from day to day. Meditation can help you be aware of your thoughts and choose how to respond to any situation. This can make the difference between a stress filled, overwhelming, worrysome year, or one filled with peace and beauty.
Here is a simple poem about beauty. Reading the words is supposed bring you peace and calm.
Walking in Beauty: closing Prayer from the Navajo Way Blessing Ceremony
In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk.
It has become beauty again
Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.
In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful…
How can you bring more beauty into your life in 2012?
Would you be brave enough to create “Magnificent Beauty”?
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