Daily Question, October 24 What wonders in the natural world can I see right now? 28 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Anonymous1 year agoAnonymousI am at the Townsville airport and I am smelling fresh air the leaves on the trees are greening again after the heavy down pour we had last night. 3 Reply Dusty Su1 year agoDusty SuA sea of sunlit green laden branches waving their arms to blue skies filled with fluffy white companions. 2 Reply Hot Sauce1 year agoHot SauceI can see the fallen yellowing leaves of Autumn, a slight wind blowing in the dying plants, the yellowing grass, and smoke in the air from some distant wildfires. . 2 Reply Don Jones1 year agoDon JonesPeace … the peace of my very nature. It is not something we come across, it’s where I am, nearer than all else. I don’t come to it, I come from it. To find it is to allow myself to go back to the place i never left. 2 Reply pkr1 year agopkrAs I look out the patio door I see big, billowing, foreboding grey clouds moving across the sky, with a little bit of sun peeking out. On the terrace I see a potted cactus, a geranium and a big pumpkin. In the garden we have beautiful orange California poppies trying to survive this Midwest cold. Their blossoms barely open, it’s too cold! All the trees, are now bare of leaves. Just 2 weeks ago they were heavy with so much color & Joy! Now all that “ joyfulness” is on the ground. The gr...As I look out the patio door I see big, billowing, foreboding grey clouds moving across the sky, with a little bit of sun peeking out. On the terrace I see a potted cactus, a geranium and a big pumpkin. In the garden we have beautiful orange California poppies trying to survive this Midwest cold. Their blossoms barely open, it’s too cold! All the trees, are now bare of leaves. Just 2 weeks ago they were heavy with so much color & Joy! Now all that “ joyfulness” is on the ground. The grass is still green, thank goodness. An occasional squirrel scurries by, 😊. This, my friends is the beginning of winter! This California girl is in for a SHOCK! Happy Saturday All…❤️🙏 Read More3 Reply Mica1 year agoMicaPastel blue sky. Gray and white clouds. Seen through a pair of screens that are making lovely slowly changing Moire patterns. And my balcony plants, which I love. … I just saw that my giant white bird of paradise plant, or wild banana, has a new leaf starting to grow! I’ve had it for 8 yrs, and it only has 2 leaves and 2 stems where I’ve cut off leaves that died. I’ll post a photo in the lounge, like Ose did! 3 Reply Papilio1 year agoPapilioColorful leaves are falling down to ground just like raining without help of wind, telling me to shed all extraneous things. 3 Reply Ose1 year agoOseAs we are gifted today with beautiful sunshine, the sparkling of Light on the river flowing was capturing my eye and heart. I couldn´t resist and took a photo, which I just posted in the Lounge. This time of change, the magic of transformation of nature to change the variety of greenery of leaves of trees into breathtaking autumn-colors, of slowing down and the light shining on all this beauty, in itself an inherent promise and impulse for renewal and unfolding one day. I saw the wonder of hope...As we are gifted today with beautiful sunshine, the sparkling of Light on the river flowing was capturing my eye and heart. I couldn´t resist and took a photo, which I just posted in the Lounge. This time of change, the magic of transformation of nature to change the variety of greenery of leaves of trees into breathtaking autumn-colors, of slowing down and the light shining on all this beauty, in itself an inherent promise and impulse for renewal and unfolding one day. I saw the wonder of hope in the Sparkling Light which shines on all which is, us all included. Read More3 Reply Linda1 year agoLindaWith the sun just coming up, I can see the flaming red leaves on the tree outside my window. It is breathtaking. 2 Reply Carol1 year agoCarolThe gorgeous fall foliage. Trees are truly our teachers. They literally show us how important it is to “let go.” 4 Reply Zenith1 year agoZenithDuring daylight hours I see the sunshine outside my window every single day. I also have a friend frontrow seat for a miraculous sunset each evening. When walking outside I smell fresh sir, see the trees moving in the wind and , if the sky is clear, am awed by blue sky. The clouds amaze me and feeling the air moving is sheer pleasure. Even if temps are in the 50s or lower and I am wrapped in heavy clothing. Still all a miracle. 3 Reply Rosemary1 year agoRosemaryFrom the window of my urban apartment, I can see the vast expanse of sky. The day is foggy, heavy with gray clouds. Still, in this moment, I am reminded of the openness available in every moment, if only we pause long enough to become aware. 4 Reply Patricia1 year agoPatriciaSnow on the ground and flocking the pines and tree branches. A Downy Woodpecker on the suet outside the window. A blue-gray heavy sky with a slight crack in the clouds to the east… 4 Reply Carla1 year agoCarlaI see the remnants of Tuesday’s 7inch snow fall laying across my back yard. Two & three feet high Milkweed plants, ripe with their dangling pods still sway in the wind. The pods awaiting to dry to let their cotton ball seeds burst forth; like a farmer planting a winter crop. Gray skies overhead, a hint of possible sunshine for later in the day. A lone squirrel sits under the suet box and glances towards the kitchen window where I peer out. She nods her head, looks at me again as if to say,...I see the remnants of Tuesday’s 7inch snow fall laying across my back yard. Two & three feet high Milkweed plants, ripe with their dangling pods still sway in the wind. The pods awaiting to dry to let their cotton ball seeds burst forth; like a farmer planting a winter crop. Gray skies overhead, a hint of possible sunshine for later in the day. A lone squirrel sits under the suet box and glances towards the kitchen window where I peer out. She nods her head, looks at me again as if to say, “it’s breakfast time for both of us!” Read More3 Reply Javier Visionquest1 year agoJavier VisionquestThe shimmering stars this morning reveal our galaxy as a deep, clear ocean. From my father’s back porch they portray the depth of the cosmos rather than the simple painted backdrop of a finite sky as it appears above the city lights of home. What we call our own “milky way” is the concentration of neighboring stars along its galactic disk as seen from somewhere near the edge and, to think, some of those more distant “stars” as they appear to us are actually entire galaxies, in and of t...The shimmering stars this morning reveal our galaxy as a deep, clear ocean. From my father’s back porch they portray the depth of the cosmos rather than the simple painted backdrop of a finite sky as it appears above the city lights of home. What we call our own “milky way” is the concentration of neighboring stars along its galactic disk as seen from somewhere near the edge and, to think, some of those more distant “stars” as they appear to us are actually entire galaxies, in and of themselves! Every thought we’ve ever had extends outwards indefinitely until it echoes off of these faraway objects and reflects back to us their ancient light. From this vantage I can plainly see that I’m standing here, magnetically stuck to the surface of a huge spinning object that is floating in an infinite sea of time. I am a time machine looking forward through my own life and backward through our collective past. What a rush! Read More4 Reply kimthompsen1 year agokimthompsenAs I sit here sipping on coffee, I hear the gentle song of my own parakeets waking. I know they are responding to the birds they hear outside. What a gift to experience this everyday. 5 Reply devy1 year agodevyIt’s still night time and with the clouds it is not possible to view the stars or crescent moon which are hidden. But I can hear the wind gusting and pulling the leaves off the trees. This is a reminder to me of when at the end of my lives, we may hang On as long as we can but eventually we will let go. The circle of the seasons are like the circle of life. Like the coming of next spring, children are reborn to bring new life to the world as we move on. 3 Reply Butterfly1 year agoButterflyMy elderly cat, sitting at the end of my bed. I know she won’t be with me for much longer, which makes me feel a bit sad, but such is the way of things in this plane. In the same way the beautiful autumn leaves are clinging on against a gusting wind today. New lives and leaves will follow in their time. Birth and death is all around us and it’s amazing! 4 Reply sunnypatti1 year agosunnypattiWell, I just let the dog out, and as it’s still dark, I stood there and gazed at the stars. They’re all so clear and bright. It really is amazing to think about this big, beautiful universe we live in! 3 Reply Kevin1 year agoKevinAs I write I it is pitch-black outside still. So, I’ll choose darkness, a daily phenomenon of the natural world that for many forms of life is a time of rest, pause and renewal, yet conversely, also a time of industry, foraging and movement for other life forms. For many years I ran a weekend retreat program for elementary school-aged Quaker children. One such weekend, some thirty-plus kids and adult staff were at a beautiful, very rural retreat center high up on a hillside that opened up t...As I write I it is pitch-black outside still. So, I’ll choose darkness, a daily phenomenon of the natural world that for many forms of life is a time of rest, pause and renewal, yet conversely, also a time of industry, foraging and movement for other life forms. For many years I ran a weekend retreat program for elementary school-aged Quaker children. One such weekend, some thirty-plus kids and adult staff were at a beautiful, very rural retreat center high up on a hillside that opened up to meadows and pasturelands. It was 2 AM when a child in our cabin announced that she needed to pee. Our rural setting also meant that outhouses, located close to cabins, were the closest and “fastest” method of finding relief, especially in the middle of the night, instead of needing to trudge all the way up to the main farmhouse with the convenience of flushing toilets!. But many children are afraid to use outhouses, so lucky me, it being ‘my turn’ to escort this child in the middle of the night, out of the cabin and up to the closest building with what kids called, “a real bathroom.” Once finished, hand in hand, we headed back down the path that cut through the middle of an old cow pasture when suddenly this sleepy little second-grader stopped and looked up at the jet-black sky, and said “Wow! This is the most darkness I have ever seen in my whole life!” It was indeed spectacular. And we stood there, silently, just looking up into a star-speckled beautiful, otherwise black sky, and after a few moments, silently began walking back to waiting bunk beds in the cabin. Read More10 Reply Patricia1 year agoPatriciaWonderful story – thank you, Kevin. I live in a place where it’s truly dark (and amazingly moon-lit with a full moon in the wintertime) and friends who visit here are astonished by the darkness and the multitudes of stars. I try never to take that for granted – so that even my own bathroom visits in the night always take me to my windows as well – to look out, and up. Thanks be to God. 2 Reply Kevin1 year agoKevinHow wonderful, Patricia, to have that as a daily backdrop. We live very close to The ocean, but suburbia, with all of its annoying artificial lighting that pretty much keeps the nighttime sky anything but totally dark. Yet people who visit us from landlocked places comment on the seaside sounds and ocean breezes that we sometimes can take for granted. Hearing such comments tended to always remind me to pay attention to all that surrounds us in the place that we live 3 Reply sunnypatti1 year agosunnypattiThank you for that sweet story! What a blessing to have shared that moment with her 🙂 2 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2022, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb