the gift of an ordinary day....

2/9/2021

I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand.

This chalice, subtly shaped by some divine intelligence to allow water to flow in and out with ease, is what I aspire to become: a vessel through which feelings can pour in and spill right out again, without all the grasping and holding that obstructs the flow.

"Can I be as serene and simple as this bleached shell, rubbed smooth by wind and water,

receiving and releasing, filling and emptying and filling again,

eternally receptive to the currents of life?"
- Katrina Kenison,
The Gift of an ordinary day

21 Comments

Francie Mewett

2/9/2021 08:55:10 am

What a lovely gentle start to my day. Have a great day. 🌻❤️🌻

Barb Goldstraw

2/9/2021 09:01:05 am

A timely reminder to not just look, but find beauty in the simple things.

Maidi

2/9/2021 09:16:06 am

Just right for me this beautiful morning. Thank you G.❤

June Fiford

2/9/2021 09:19:57 am

A beautiful reminder to just be and allow the flow of life.

June Fiford

2/9/2021 09:21:03 am

A beautiful reminder to just be and allow the flow of life.

Grace

2/9/2021 09:37:00 am

So beautiful. One of my favourite times is collecting shells and loosing myself in another world.

Glenys H Mann

2/9/2021 09:46:11 am

Thanks Grace.
Gx

Jeni jaffray

2/9/2021 10:00:47 am

I walk my beach daily,what a sensational way to start each wonderful day

fran Batrouney

2/9/2021 11:29:18 am

Thank you Glenys, lovely thoughts on a wonderful piece, gathering found objects along beaches is so relaxing. cant wait to get there!!

Jennifer Gunson

2/9/2021 11:33:54 am

Lovely little poem. Spring in the air is a great time to be creative. Thank you for keeping in touch with us all.

Nancy Batenburg

2/9/2021 11:46:38 am

Ahhhhh. Thoughtful. Reflective. Ebbs and flows in our creative lives. Well done Glenys.

Frances Higginbotham

2/9/2021 11:47:59 am

Sometimes we need a reminder to be grateful for a normal day. No war, no deaths just another uneventful day that starts with the colours of a sunrise that slides into the twilight hours to be followed by the birth of another normal day.

Jen Worth

2/9/2021 12:15:24 pm

Thankyou for this beautiful reminder
Perfect for today
Perfect for every day

Chez

2/9/2021 12:54:01 pm

A wonderful philosophy, I let too many things stick! Flowing through is a much better idea Glenys, thank you 😊

Anna link

2/9/2021 01:21:39 pm

Fantastic Glenys!
Nature is wonderful isn’t it!

Roslyn White

2/9/2021 04:25:27 pm

A beautiful gift.

Cas Holmes link

2/9/2021 06:30:31 pm

and the quietness of touching that time x

Jan Wutkowski

3/9/2021 04:45:43 am

Glenys, I love the poem and the imagery. And the spiral is somewhat like your lovely logo, a beautiful swirl. A shell's spiral has always been fascinating to me. Luckily, I live on a coastline and am an avid shell-seeker.

Glenys H Mann

3/9/2021 07:25:15 am

Thank you Jan! It always astounds me just how many times we see a 'spriral' and it seems to connect us to so many things... thanks for the mention of the logo spiral and the spiral of the nautalis.... I will look at it differently now! Gx

Bobbi Wolffenbuttel

3/9/2021 12:12:20 pm

Ahh Glenys... the nautilus and the spiral! How beautiful... I’m relating with my whole heart and being ... gently spiraling in and out of my “ordinary” days and breathing in the goodness of just “being “.... thankyou for the gifts you bring xxx

Jane

6/9/2021 05:06:14 pm

Thank you Glenys, for the beautiful words. Spirals are all around us in the natural world from shells to Banksia flowers to spiral galaxies. I am constantly amazed at the repeating patterns of nature.

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