Meri's Musings

  Do you have a secret garden? A special place you seek out when the busyness of the world frazzles you? A place you go when you need to ground yourself and hear the whispers of nature? Is your special place wild or tame? Manicured or spilling over? Do you get up close and personal with nature or view it from behind glass?

Gerbera   daisies always strike me  as such bubbly, enthusiastic flowers,  at least when they're young and fresh.  But after they've been cut off from their root  for too long, they bow their heads  and droop as if they're shouldering the weight of the world. Isn't this true for all of us? When we're connected to the source  of our power and fully present,  we have strength beyond our awareness  and emanate pure love and compassion.  But when we're disconnected,  we lose our joy and zest for life.  Take a moment to be still  and check the strength of your connection. If you've lost your ability to be present and commune with what energizes you, figure out what you need to do to find what you've lost.

There are magical moments when the elements combine perfectly, the color of the sky, the merest puff of wind, the tide at just the right place in its cycles of ebb and flow. There is a pier jutting out over the shore that is often submerged, reaching out beyond the land and over the water, creating a bridge to a place of magic. There is a marina with wind and diesel-powered pleasure craft that dance lightly in their moorings, supported by water reflecting their image like a mirror. Above all, there is a pure white light with just a touch of golden sparkle. Camera paintings are born. Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing; light is everything. - Leonard Missone I am alight with magic.