Beauty Keeps Wonder Alive
Moments of beauty begin to braid your days. John O’Donohue
This week’s inspiration comes from two writing friends who remind me that finding beauty is essential in our lives. Sue Heatherington’s recent posts on beauty included Chris Matthews’ poem Let Beauty. I’ve illustrated his poem with moments that opened my own heart and filled my soul with beauty. Margaret O’Brien invites us to write or draw about one thing each day we found beautiful in her highly recommend journal Weather Report.
Where have you found beauty today?
LET BEAUTY by Chris Matthews
Mara Sunset ©KathyKarn
Let beauty be surprise,
an awakening to tenderness,
kindness and grace,
unexpectedly made visible.
Lion Snuggle ©KathyKarn
Let beauty be welcome,
the joy of homecoming,
an invitation to warmth and shelter,
a place at the table.
Elephant calves run for their evening feeding at David Sheldrick Wildlife Orphanage ©KathyKarn
Let beauty be brightness,
hope and trust,
the blessing of frailty and courage,
the friendship of faith.
Mama leopard Fig and her cub Figlette, Kenya ©Kathy Karn
Let beauty be surrender
to the glorious wonder,
the disarming majesty,
the radiant humility
of love lived fearlessly.
Grey Crowned Cranes, Maasai Mara Kenya ©KathyKarn
Let beauty be.
The Giraffe and the Oxpecker ©KathyKarn
PS I corrected a snag in the link about on banning the reopening of the global trade in Ivory in last week’s story Murder at the Irish Manor House. Thank you to Marijke van Veldhoven for the heads up. I appreciate reader’s comments and suggestions!
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