Good morning, hope your Tuesday is beautiful!
My morning poem: She placed the picture by her bed, she knew there would be some dark times ahead. It was majestic and made her focus on the light when she was sleepless, on those very dark nights. Meditating on the sound of the waves made her body calm. She had always known the ocean, was where she belonged….-Amy-
Spent a long weekend in Rhode Island with my daughter. This picture was a flight I took my drone on, it came back with some amazing videos and photos. I’ve always loved nature, but the ocean, has always seemed the place that made my heart feel renewed. I’ve visited all different places with beautiful oceans from Florida to Washington State to Oregon, to Rhode Island, and all are equally beautiful and majestic. This was, however, the most beautiful lighthouse I have seen and also one of the oldest. It was the 3rd light house built on the Atlantic Ocean way back in the 1700’s. I felt so much history and though a little spooky, it was so calming to know that this beacon of light had probably saved thousands of lives.
Have you ever placed your favorite pictures by your bed, or just in your bedroom? I have several. A few of my favorite sunsets, flowers, and now this one of this lighthouse. I used to think that mediating was quite odd, and to be honest, I can barely get my mind to “be still” for a few seconds, let alone several minutes. Since beginning Yoga though, I’ve really been focusing on just being mindful, which has helped me calm my mind and let it just be still, even for a few minutes.
I’m a really light sleeper, and honestly don’t sleep too well most nights, but I’ve started practicing placing my most calming pictures closest to my bed. On those nights I wake up restless, or sad, or my mind is just going a thousand miles a minute, I reign my focus in on one of those pictures, and I replay how I felt at the moment I took the pictures, or on how the picture itself makes me feel. I remember the excitement of flying the drone and just listening to the crashing of the waves, and it makes me feel happy to be alive and to have had the chance to be there. I focus on one of my favorite sunset pictures from Washington State on the ocean and it makes me remember how happy I was at that moment, and how absolutely beautiful it was and it calms me. Sometimes I focus on a few of my favorite purple flower pictures, I think about the smell and of how beautiful the world is if we truly just look to find the beauty in it.
I hope maybe this practice will give you some good ideas if you struggle with resting like I do. It really has helped me, and just the practice of being mindful alone has changed my life for the better.
I hope your Tuesday is truly beautiful, and hey, run to CVS, print off some $0.39 pictures, put them in some lovely frames, it’s cheap and one of the best therapies I’ve found….
Peace & love
Cause I’m not there, but perhaps, Soon Enuff…