One Step To Beautiful

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Last night I realized that it's been a week of animal cuteness here on the blog and on my instagram feed.  Purely coincidental. On Monday it was puppy love, last Friday it was bunny love and today it's swan love. I'm not sure of the image credit for the photo above but it touches my heart. A little swan begins so gently and unassumingly - perhaps unaware of the beautiful bird it will one day become. . .

This image made me think about dreams and tomorrows and the steps we take to make our tomorrows our todays. Each one brings us closer to beautiful, closer to the dream we must inhabit as our own, closer to living in truth and purpose.

Every day is a chance to begin anew yet continue what we started the day before. It's also a moment of possibility, filled with choice - that is the choice to pick up where we left off, give up or begin again.

When I began my training in Fine Art I was both awed and overwhelmed by the awesomeness of works created by artists before me and my contemporaries. I wondered how they did what they did and if I would ever do the same one day - hopefully in this lifetime I thought back then.

But as I reached passed my fear I saw beyond the 'illusion' and into the truth of the matter. All artists who are truly dedicated to their craft commit themselves to one step to beautiful as I like to call it. That is steady, daily action in their training, technical mastery or competition of a body of work. Awesomeness happens everyday when we simply show up and do the work - one phrase at a time, one brushstroke after another until one day, we, like the little swan, emerge into something beautiful. Giving to others something of ourselves that will grace them with love.

Tiny Treasures & Fall

What a brisk week it was, filled with early mornings with slow sunrises, bright sparkling rays of sunlight and clear skies. Truth be told I like the juxtaposition of summer turning into fall.

My favourite trees going from green to emerald shades of orange and yellow, and little forest-like creatures that pop across my path on evening walks. These are life's tiny treasures as I like to call them. Seemingly small things that swell my heart with joy and feed my soul with the fullness of beauty and blessings all around me.

I met this brown bunny the other day while bustling along from home to my favourite coffee shop where I ordered a pumpkin treat as mentioned here . . .  pumpkin treats are also another tiny treasure especially for fall.

So anyway Mr. Brown Bunny - typically one of four decided to humour me long enough for a photo and so I snapped him in various scenes of repose because that's what blogger do. Our nifty camera phones are never too far away, always poised for that snippet of daily life ready to be shared on our online spaces.

I wryly smile to myself as I write this post because taking this picture of Mr. Brown Bunny (and I should mention that we've crossed paths before only he cleverly dodged my former photographic attempts) reminded me that when we sometimes least expect it, one seemingly tiny thing in our lives can stand still, can emerge long enough for us to embrace it and receive the blessings and miracles therein.

An inspiring thought for a happy weekend I think! See you Monday.