An abundance of beauty

As I write, I am sitting at the top of the cliff above Petit Bot bay in the lovely island of Guernsey.  I am surrounded by an outrageously beautiful display of nature's abundance; tiny, embryonic green sloes abound in the aftermath of frothy blossom, and at my feet, clustering ivy leaves entwine the stems of the bushes, while radiant daisies turn their faces to the sun.

Pink campion, purple violets, bluebells, speedwell, pennywort, scabious, primrose - all jostle together amongst the nodding grasses in a rampant festival of colour and a celebration of life and of the Spring.

Abundance is all around us - we just need to change our focus in order to see it.  Instead of focusing on lack, or of things we don't want in our lives, spend some time focusing your attention on what you do want, and on the abundance that is all around you, and watch as your focus expands...

New Growth

The lengthening days of wonderful warm, spring sunshine have wrought an annual miracle in the vegetable patch... tiny green seedlings of pea, bean and spinach are thrusting their way through the soil, lifting tiny leaves skyward and bringing life to the bare, brown soil. 

The miracle of new growth is an awesome reminder of the wonder of nature, for inside each acorn lies the dream of an oak forest...

What seeds are you planting in this time of new growth?  Whatever your dreams and plans, make sure you tend and water them so that they grow into magnificent fulfillment!

Paying Attention

"I noticed tonight that the world has been turning, while I've been stuck here dithering around."                                                                                                                        

Keane

It's interesting how things change, when you are not looking...  Yesterday John and I went into the phone shop in Scarborough to investigate upgrading our Blackberry phones, which we have had for a couple of years.  I remember being totally amazed, when they were new, that we could receive e-mails and look at the internet, but in those two short years the developments in phone technology have been truly phenomenal.  We had no idea how much had changed, until we started to look...

Nature also produced the same miracle for me this week.  I've been co-training on the first module of the Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy Course up in Saltburn.  Leaving home at 7am each day to travel over the Moors, threading my way through the mist and between the sheep, is always a good way to start the day; and the return journey is a lovely way to wind down, watching the sunset colours spread across the sky.  Leaving home early and arriving back late, however, meant that I missed the developments taking place in my garden.  I was astonished, on Friday evening, to discover filmy petals of blossom adorning the plum tree, where only tight little green buds had been the last time I looked; and in the pond a beautiful, glutinous mass of spawn bore witness to the night-time activities of the frogs.  I felt as if Nature had moved on an installment without me.

What remarkable changes are wrought in our world, when we are not paying attention!  Take a look around at your own world, and notice what has been happening while your attention was elsewhere...