It has occurred to me recently, with all the unpleasant news filling the air ways day after day, that more attention needs to be paid to positive and uplifting thoughts and information for our ears (and our souls). The result?

FINDING BEAUTY, my February 2024 Poem Of The Month, will hopefully help us to counteract some of those negative news stories with positive, beautiful and uplifting thoughts and approaches to life.

We do have choices as to how we see the world that we live in, and how we approach it. Carry love in your heart and your life will benefit from it.

Remember, whatever the question, love is always the answer.

FINDING BEAUTY

“A beautiful heart sees beauty in everything!”
(In my observation, I’ve found this to be true.)
The beauty in your heart determines the quality of your life.
How you see the world depends entirely upon you!

Life is full of beauty if you’re able to notice.
It’s up to you to see it. It’s right there, ready to be seen.
The reflection off the lake, a small child playing —
The sunset, the sunrise, a conversation serene…

Cultivate the habit of seeing the beauty
Which surrounds you always, if you only could see;
Something as simple as the shape of food on your plate,
Or the play of shadows as the breeze moves the tree.

Beauty is the promise of happiness and
No beauty shines brighter than that of a good heart.
Fix your attention on the beautiful and the good,
And dwell as little as possible in the opposite part.

Spend time in a gallery to appreciate fine art;
Make reading poetry and listening to music your goal,
So that worldly cares don’t obliterate the beautiful
Which nature has implanted in the human soul.

Franz Kafka said the ability to see beauty around you
Keeps you young. You will never grow “old.”
Acknowledge the beauty that resides within you.
It will open your heart with joy to behold!

Finding Beauty