tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585833071031002382.post8625181016742646988..comments2023-06-19T01:37:09.993-07:00Comments on The Voice and The Song: We Are Surrounded By Naturestonebalancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07717161056067628150noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585833071031002382.post-37299427410984601342010-01-12T23:12:51.529-08:002010-01-12T23:12:51.529-08:00Alex, love the reflection and the reminder to noti...Alex, love the reflection and the reminder to notice and appreciate the world around us. I found this poem years ago and have come back to it many times. enjoy.<br /><br />The Art of Awareness <br /><br />The art of awareness is the art of learning <br />how to wake up <br />to the external miracle of life with its limitless possibilities:<br /> It is striving to stretch the range of eye and ear; <br />it is taking time to look and listen and comprehend<br />It is searching for beauty everywhere, <br />in a flower, a mountain, a machine, a sonnet and a symphony.<br />It is knowing wonder, awe, and humility in the face of life’s unexplained mysteries.<br />It is discovering the mystic power of silence <br />and coming to know the secret inner voice of intuition.<br />It is enlarging the scope of your life <br />through the expansion of your personality.<br />It is avoiding blind spots in considering problems and situations; <br />it is striving to see life steadily and see it whole.<br />It is identifying yourself with the <br />hopes, dreams, fears and longings of others,<br /> that you may understand them and help them.<br />It is keeping mentally alert to all that goes on around you; <br />it is being curious, observant, imaginative <br />that you may build an ever increasing<br /> fund of knowledge of the Maker of the universe.<br /><br />Poem By: Wilfred PetersonMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622841238051626019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585833071031002382.post-36825623522386881132010-01-12T21:23:09.083-08:002010-01-12T21:23:09.083-08:00Amen to that! I get to experience a lot of, let...Amen to that! I get to experience a lot of, let's say, traditional nature. But I totally love observing the natural state and abilities and elements in any environment.Cameron L. Martindellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319172472762494051noreply@blogger.com