From the Heart
A flower opens up and becomes itself, it does not imitate or follow others. Each petal as it unfolds creates and shapes the flower. Of the same species but individual in their beauty and flaws. The flower tells us we need to be true to ourselves if we wish to shine and bloom into the amazing individuals we have the potential to be.
~ Liza
Are you awake to natures communications all around you. Do you really see and feel the rose you pass by each day. Can you describe the variants of colour and how they blend with nature. Does its sweet aroma write you a love letter in the sky?
~ Liza
As you travel along the pathway of your life. Give of yourself freely, show kindness, compassion and love. But in doing so, make sure you take care of your own heart, protect it and ensure there is enough love for yourself.
~ Liza
When we first plant a flower,
our wish is that it will grow.
With nurture and love in abundance,
it’s spirit should start to show.
Ensuring that all its emotions,
are balanced with care that we give.
Giving it room to maneuver,
to spread itself out as it lives.
But what of the one in the wild woods,
trapped in among the weeds.
Fighting for its very existence,
an accident of blowing seeds.
This child of the flower kingdom,
born into a life full of tests.
Smothered by those that surround it,
in soil that’s not really the best.
Come the end of the season,
when it’s time for the great flower show.
Which one will receive adoration,
the one loved or struggling to grow.
Nature is full of examples,
of tests that are lessons to me.
When I watch as that small flower struggles,
it’s not really all that I see.
Allow those who love and care for you to support you, so that you can paint your colour on the world for as long as possible. Winter is waiting patiently in the wings for fall to to reach its conclusion.
~ Liza
Well I never thought I would reach 50 nature posts 🙂
More and more now I am aware,
reclaiming what was mine.
the ego has been holding it,
but now, has come the time.
To practice an awareness,
being conscious of what I do,
I want to take life slowly now,
with focus on what is true.
The lessons in my unconscious,
I mean to learn again,
making sure I got them right,
through this I can only gain.
When I look upon the world,
the colours and the sounds,
a beautiful picture is painted,
it is what my awareness has found.
I feel like I have been finely tuned,
and that I can finally see.
All the wonder of this world,
in which I can just be.
Autumn brings with it love from the skies,
bright red leaves and fond goodbyes.
With deepness of colour, dark reds and rusts,
to linger and watch is a definite must.
Later they’ll dry up, go crisp underfoot,
coal in the fire, hands covered in soot.
But while they are doing their ultimate dance,
rejoice in the colour and give love a chance.
Each leaf is a symbol of life going on,
changing of hues, meeker to strong.
Then they’ll be swept, or melt into the ground,
some in the fire, if crunchy and brown.
In spring they will come back, starting as buds,
first comes the foliage then comes the bugs.
This is the cycle of nature you know,
everything comes back, just moves with loves flow.
Sometimes emotions come up that we don’t understand, emotions that have been buried for a long time spring to life. Accept and acknowledge these emotions and sit with them for a while, before letting them go.
~ Liza
There are so many layers that make us who we are, layers that cover the true self. Recognising and acknowledging these layers as we peal them away is the first step to our understanding.
~ Liza
As we transition into winter,
with harsher times in store.
We hold onto our memories,
of summer more and more.
As blossoms close for winter,
by falling on the ground.
We know with certain surety,
they’ll be coming back around.
For our life is a big circle,
the message here so clear.
Hold memories of your loved ones,
so very, very near.
For they are just around the corner,
only around the next bend.
We will see them on the other side,
as nothing really ever ends.
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