What a Beautiful Day!
After a couple of stressful weeks, I was blessed with the opportunity to spend Memorial Day weekend in Yosemite national park. This was a healing balm for my tired mind and stifled heart. I was feeling stuck. I climbed through a narrow valley of majestic granite cliffs, teeming with singing Blue Jays and soaring golden eagles. Playful squirrels scampered up and down trees and begged for some cashews from my hand. A doe and her baby deer grazed nearby and watched me with keen interest. I was warmed and tanned by the energetic and life sustaining rays of the welcoming sun. But soon I entered an ancient, green and cool forest. After several miles, a refreshing mist drifted through the air and cooled my warm skin. Around the corner, the forest opened up and there was a powerful and raging waterfall. I stood both in the warming sun and the cold rainbow colored mist of the falls, closed my eyes and felt my soul be refreshed. What a Beautiful Day!
I was moved. All the colors came out and I was touched by them. I received the moment and felt renewed.
On the way back down the path I was ready to give again.
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Comment by Peter on May 30, 2009 at 5:43am -
That is a stunning photo Shawn, and a beautiful description of your experience. Thanks for sharing both.
namaste
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Comment by Tracy Ferrall on May 29, 2009 at 6:29pm -
It sounds like you had an experience worth cherishing for a lifetime. You must have felt so free and connected to nature. A gift for some reason we so rarely give ourselves.
Thank you for sharing,
Tracy
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Comment by Dawn wwt on May 28, 2009 at 7:44pm -
Mother Nature can restore our soul if we will let her. i am so glad that you were able to draw strength from her. love love love the picture! thanks for sharing it. Hugs, Dawn
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Comment by Effie Truver on May 28, 2009 at 5:12pm -
What power and beauty in your photo and in your words. Now I too am refreshed and ready to start again. Thank you for your gift of prose. Blessings, Effie
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Comment by Lubabat Scotland on May 28, 2009 at 3:53pm -
WOW that photo is breathtaking! I cannot imagine what that must be like in person. Your description of your experience was beautiful. Thank you for sharing. That was a gift to all of us. :)
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Comment by genuine, wwt, welcomer on May 28, 2009 at 12:31pm -
Great picture, great description of the beauty you saw, and sounds like a great experience for you.
I love how you said that on the way back down you were ready to give again ... don't let the giving well run dry; we need to stop and "fill up" sometimes.
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Comment by skay on May 28, 2009 at 11:05am -
This is nothing short of breathtaking! It is a gift just to see the photo. I cannot imagine what it was like to be in that magnificent place in person! WOW!!!
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Comment by Pat Halverson on May 28, 2009 at 10:56am -
What an awesome picture and an awesome one you paint for us with your words of restoring your spirit! Thanks for sharing it with us, nice to have you back!!
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Comment by Elly Rose on May 28, 2009 at 9:29am -
Shawn,
You always take my words away. What a beautiful way to reconnect and rejuvenate. I am so glad that you had the opportunity to spend this time with nature. Thank-you for sharing your beautiful day with us. I love the picture.
Elly Rose
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