Dear Reader:

We all occasionally get ‘down in the dumps’ and during these periods we have a tendency to think that everything is just the “same old, same old.” Actually depression is just a period of us getting distracted from our own lives…our own journey.

As I was flipping through my emails a couple of days ago I found an “Aha” article that made me pause. I found myself thinking about our “down” periods in a different way. Don’t you love it when your eyes are open to a whole new, different perspective on something old?

Too many people use only part of the quote that says: “There is nothing new under the sun.” It doesn’t mean that we live in a “ho-hum” boring world…it simply means that each of us have the unique gift of looking at the same thing in life and everyone seeing it differently.

This same idea applies over time periods of generations. The same mountain or river might have been there for our grandfather or great-grandfather to see but over the course of time it has changed….the river has slightly altered its course or the mountain has slowly started sinking into its own foundation.

*I liked this moving “icon” from Ecclesiastes: 1: 9-10…because it is surrounded by the sign for infinity.

Here are some excerpts from the article I found on looking at new perspectives. I found it quite profound, I hope you do too.  (Source: Amit Awakin)

You are not depressed. You are distracted

(by Facundo Cabral)

“You are not depressed; you are distracted. You believe that you have lost something, which is impossible, because everything that you have was given to you. You did not make a single hair of your head so you can not own anything. In addition, life does not subtract things, it liberates you from them. It makes you lighter so that you can fly higher and reach the fullness. From cradle to grave, it is a school, and that is why those predicaments that you call problems are lessons, indeed.

You lost nobody; the one who died is just going ahead, because we all are going there. Besides this, the best of him/her, his/her love, is still in your heart. Who could say that Jesus is dead? There is not death, but only movement. And on the other side there are some wonderful people waiting for you: Gandhi, Michelangelo Whitman, St. Augustine, Mother Teresa, your grandmother and my mother, who believed that poverty is actually closer to what we call Love, because money distracts us with too many things, and makes us apprehensive and doubtful.”

 Liberate yourself from the tremendous burden of guilt, responsibility, and vanity, and be ready to live each moment deeply, as it should be. Help the child who needs you, and that child will be your child’s partner. Help old people, and young people will help you when you be old. In addition, service to others is an absolutely guaranteed happiness, as certain as enjoying and taking care of nature for those who will come tomorrow. Give without measure and you will receive without measure.

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So until tomorrow…Help us Father understand that “newness” is in the eyes of the beholder. Open our eyes to the wonder of Your Astounding, Mind-blowing Creation.

“Today is my favorite day” Winnie the Pooh

Kaitlyn just wrote a new post and I love her insights into life. I would like to share this blog story with you.

*I only have to stop by Doodle’s exotic backyard to be astounded by her unusual foliage of beauty and uniqueness. Eva Cate plays happily in Doodle’s playhouse while we get caught up with news and I get my eyes opened to new plants that don’t settle for being ordinary. .

This eye-catching yet low-maintenance HOYA PLANT produces clusters of stunning, delicate flowers which have stars in their crowns and a waxy or porcelain feel. In fact, these plants are so geometrically perfect that they can often look artificial!

*Doodle, I knew I should have written the name of this beauty down as soon as you told me….because now the thought and name is gone…..(I got distracted by life and Eva Cate)….but isn’t it gorgeous?