What did
the sunflower
send,
like a
magnet it
pulled me close
and tenderly
held
joy bubbled
through the
shadow,
a turn
towards
the sun
naturally
happened
And did I
hear it
whistle
a tune
so bold
and
attentive,
exactly
the same
I had
heard
in my
dream
– Deelia ©
Image: Deelia ©
vibrating
tail in its
full glory,
a small
natural
step
and
it is there,
the joy
and wonder
of
mere
existence.
– Deelia ©
Peacock Symbolism at Spirit Animal Totems
Peacock Symbolism and Meaning by Avia Venefica at whats-your-sign.com
Image: wallpaperswide / Danny Perez
Video/Youtube: Filmed at Trevarno Gardens on 18th April 2010, Produced by Paul Dinning – Wildlife in Cornwall
Naked
nature
is
looking
forward
to its
new
blooming
surrounded
by
the
safety
of
stable
and
serene
evergreen
spruces.
Mission
of joy
accomplishes
itself
supported
by our
souls.
– Deelia ©
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Behind
the fence
a neighbor´s
grandchild
is gasping
an enchanted
woooooooow
over and over
again
to each set
of fireworks
exploding
in the sky.
I chuckle
inside,
thanking
the child
for her
exquisite
reminder
of the magic
of awe
and
wonder.
The star child
in all of
us.
– Deelia ©
Image: wallpaperswide.com / Knowsphotos
Sunny spring days
such as this one
are like the most
elegant
jazz,
like
mint
ice cream
Resting in
the lightness of
my heart
I can hear
microscopic
tiny
golden
wind bells
softly
tingling.
That is the
sound
of boundless
soul joy.
– Deelia ©
Image: wallpaperswide.com
From poweranimalsunleashed.com by Carrie Hart:
“The Dolphin: Joy, Clarity, Synchronicity
The dolphin is so full of joy, he cannot help but leap into the air, just for the sheer pleasure of being alive. Allow this vibrant life force to fill you, making you feel and know the privilege it is to be drawing one more breath in this precious life. Let the dolphin teach you this deep abiding joy.
The dolphin is also a wonderful communicator. He will teach you to listen to others and then to respond in a way which they will understand. With the dolphin within you, words will flow more easily. You will come into your own power as a communicator of both feelings and ideas, as his intelligence fills you with confidence in expressing yourself.
The dolphin is attuned to others, instinctively knowing just the right moment to leap into the air, so that the entire group moves in effortless harmony. Let the dolphin teach you this intuitive synchronicity with others, moving at one with them and understanding what drives them and what moves them.”
Read more about the Dophin at whats-your-sign.com by Avia Venefica: Dolphin Meaning and Dolphin Symbolism
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Video: 97 years old lady dancing in the streets of Italy.
To dance is to reach for a word that doesn’t exist,
To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations,
To feel the meaning of a moment in time.
– Beth Jones
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. – Martha Graham
Life is the dancer and you are the dance. – Eckhart Tolle
Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire. – Robert Frost
While I dance I can not judge, I can not hate, I can not separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance. – Hans Bos
Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair… – Susan Polis Schutz
Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi
To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it. – Osho
Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn’t music. – William Edgar Stafford
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. – Agnes De Mille
PS. “Do you wanna dance” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T6XIBIjKck began to play on the radio just when I got this post ready. 😀 Yes, I want to.
“Your Higher Self loves you and wants to give you true happiness, deep inner joy, and all the love you can imagine. Acknowledge every time you receive something, knowing that you deserve to have it and you have allowed it to come. As you learn to allow small things into your life, you can learn to allow bigger things as well, such as your spiritual growth and a life filled with laughter, abundance, and love.”
– Sanaya Roman, Spiritual Growth from Creating Your Highest Future Room at orindaben.com
Image: wallpaperswide.com
An angry “you should be grateful” is not about gratitude. It´s about obligation with no joy and sometimes a denyal to look at what needs to be transformed. There are better ways of communicating. Like any positive energy, gratitude is free, it cannot be ordered around, but tuned into. -Deelia
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. – Melody Beattie
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. – William Arthur Ward
We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect. – Michelle Obama
Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. – Zig Ziglar
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. – John Milton
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. – Alfred North Whitehead
Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. -Joseph B. Wirthlin
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. – Henry Van Dyke
When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in. – Kristin Armstrong
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. – Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. – Joseph Wood Krutch
Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It’s wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. – Srikumar Rao
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. – Lionel Hampton
The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life. – Gary Zukav
Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings. – Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. – Karl Barth
Image: The Japanese Bridge (The Bridge in Monet’s Garden) by Claude Monet /wikiart.org
Hello again
chickadee, chickadee,
my city bird
jumping for joy
on the windowsill
of my kitchen.
Did you come for
a coffee?
Wanna come in?
And another day
chickadee,
chickadee,
I come from the
shower
and you are flying
inside there.
I did invite you in,
didn´t I,
or is it
my veggie
burger
you prefer?
Chickadee,
chickadee:
“City girl,
city girl,
open the window,
open the window
and even from
the stony yard
joy flows in.”
– Deelia ©
Related:
Chickadee Meanings (link corrected) by Avia at whats-your-sign.com
Image: Wikimedia Commons
