Despite the antics of man, causing environmental disorder, more pollution, and havoc in the world, there nevertheless is — if one looks deeply — great order and goodness. This goodness is beyond what our ideals and concepts of good are. In this order, curled and perennial, are endless miracles and unending, majestic realms of beauty. Such immortal beauty is right where we are, but we do not perceive it in its fullness. Our shoddy beliefs and limited conceptualizations of “how things are” prevent us from actually being fully in the miraculous flow of everything. We need to go beyond our petty psychological cages, which does not take time. Limited time and our limited, symbolic thoughts are one and the same.
My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped.
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Sadly it’s all too easy to get drowned in the ever flowing dross and narcissism. As you say it’s vital to rise above it, wherever and if we can. Time is of the essence.
Life has run amuck it seems, but at least, for now, the perfect balance of a damselfly on a reed is a simple sight to savor. You captured the pose beautifully Tom.
Yes, Linda, a lot of monkey-business (involving a lot of the monkeys) is over the top these days… but there are good, decent people too (fortunately). Thanks about the damselfly! I found a fossil of one once (and a picture of it is in one of my old blog postings). It’s from the Pennsylvanian Periiod (around 300 million years ago); so damselflies have been around for a very long time! 😉
Good people are gems these days Tom. That damselfly is gazing at something and gave you a great shot. So damselflies and squirrels have been around for many years, giving us something to be thankful for in nature.
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Sadly it’s all too easy to get drowned in the ever flowing dross and narcissism. As you say it’s vital to rise above it, wherever and if we can. Time is of the essence.
Yes, Margaret. Remaining in the same-old patterns and putting it off until later just cements one into mediocrity.
Very cool! 😎
Many thanks, Mr. MT! 😊
You’re very welcome Tom! #GoodWorks❤️
Thanks, Tom, for the timely reminder! Yes, there is order and goodness outside the realm of humankind, and, sometimes, even in it!
Yes, sometimes even in it, Harini, but far too much monkey business is going on. 😉
Life has run amuck it seems, but at least, for now, the perfect balance of a damselfly on a reed is a simple sight to savor. You captured the pose beautifully Tom.
Yes, Linda, a lot of monkey-business (involving a lot of the monkeys) is over the top these days… but there are good, decent people too (fortunately). Thanks about the damselfly! I found a fossil of one once (and a picture of it is in one of my old blog postings). It’s from the Pennsylvanian Periiod (around 300 million years ago); so damselflies have been around for a very long time! 😉
Good people are gems these days Tom. That damselfly is gazing at something and gave you a great shot. So damselflies and squirrels have been around for many years, giving us something to be thankful for in nature.
I appreciate your perspective and enjoyed reading this piece. Thank you!
Wonderful that you got something out of it, Michele! Thank you very much! 😊