Whilst discussing the importance of encouraging nature appreciation with an inspiring friend recently, she said something that has stayed with me since. “Beauty is a doorway.” This struck a cord with me, having learnt the hard way that people will not value the natural world just because others attempt to tell them of its importance. They must find their own way in, their own doorway, and what lovelier doorway is there than beauty?
Beauty is indeed a doorway to nature appreciation but also to presence, to stillness, to stopping for a moment in a busy day and feeling filled with awe for the living world.
A doorway to connection, to sensing the resonance with other life forms inside our own being and realising, I am because this is.
A doorway to healing. To relaxing the body and mind and opening the heart. To peace.
The quest for beauty and harmony drives much of what we do and has led to increasing materialism as we seek to beautify ourselves, our homes, our wardrobes and our children with more and more things.
However beauty is not static and that is why nothing we buy can truly fill this need to see and appreciate beauty in the long term. It is by nature fleeting, changing, replaced by new and different forms of beauty. Even if the thing remains unchanged, the eye that beholds it will not.
Spring is a time of great beauty but by its very nature it will not last for long.
Delve fully into its moment, the present moment and you will find beauty is also a doorway to the timeless awareness in which all things are beheld.
Lucinda, your words are truly moving and your photographs beautiful, as always.
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Thank you Alice, that is lovely to read.
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How I love the lupin leaves with the rain drops, beautiful Lucinda.
Strange, I was thinking along these lines today…..I do not have your words but I do have the feelings that link me with nature each day.
You have a way with words that captures the heart and imagination. Your images show the person who walks at one with the earth…….
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Yes they are particularly beautiful with the raindrops aren’t they. I think you express your connection to and reverence of nature perfectly!
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Beautifully said!
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Thanks Barbara.
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Such lovely words, and the photographs are incredible 🙂 The natural world has much to teach us.
Pamela
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Thank you. Yes it does and let us hope there are ever more of us who will listen. 🙂
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Beautiful and inspiring. I shall be out to meet the spring in all its glory this weekend….
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I hope you had a wonderful time. 🙂
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Beautiful photos and thoughts 🙂
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Thank you!
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Ah, thank you so much. I needed a reminder to slow down and breathe.
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Yes I need them constantly too!
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Lucinda this is stunning. I’m sitting back in awe.
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You are too kind Danielle!
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I love your beautiful description of Spring. great pics too!
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Thanks Bridget!
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You have such a wonderful blog. Its been lovely looking through your beautiful plant photos. Love and light.
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Thank you Louisa, i am so glad you enjoyed it. With love. x
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You have an eye for beauty Lucinda!! Beyond words!!
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Thank you so much Karin. 🙂
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