The Beauty Within

“There is beauty to be found everywhere” thats what the guide in the desert of Chile said. “Wherever you go, you can find beauty.  Here in the forest of cactus you see flowers and cactus so large that you are amazed when you see them.  From afar your perspective is off, you will see when you get close.”  It was true, from a distance all I could see was desert with a few cacti here and there spread over the hills, but the closer and deeper I walked into the forest the denser and larger the cacti appeared.  The pathway led us next to a stream, which flowed into a valley where flowers bloomed , and foliage thrived. The guide was right, it was so much better than I expected…

I think everything in our life – people, places, and even our perceptions about ourselves and others from a distance, can look like a vast desert, with only spots of slow growth here and there. When in reality if we would step deeper, we would find that there is actually so much more to see.

Find the beauty within.

 

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

True Beauty

Yesterday I couldn’t wait to slice up some of the most perfect and beautiful strawberries that I’d have ever seen.  Every strawberry in the carton was perfect; large, red, and perfectly shaped with the greenest and healthiest caps, stems, and leaves attached.  And, as I sliced each strawberry into half, displaying its internal structure, one after another my disappointment grew.  The strawberries were mostly white; I bravely took a bite. Yes, I had definitely been duped by its packaging.

I’ve also fallen victim to people with pretty packaging, and have noticed that a lot of people have done all of the work on the outside of themselves, can be pretty blank on the inside; and also like strawberries, people who have totally let them selves go on the outside, are also usually decaying on the inside as well.  Then there is the ever perfect organic strawberry, with a little more time and effort may or may not be the largest or the most perfectly shaped, but in it’s own authentic way, is both beautiful on the inside and out.

Must remember to stay organic! Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

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