Learning from each budding flower

It's Wednesday and Gorgeous!!!!

Hey everyone!  I don't want to stay in cyber world too long for me and for you because it's spectacularly sunny outside - but I did play around with some inchies - little thumbprint collages make me quite happy  They're a great way to mark little moments!

And I do have a BUNCH of huge canvases waiting for me to paint (they had to be delivered by truck!) - but I will definitely be painting this OUTSIDE!

How do you find a balance between creative work and creative stimulation?  I'd love any of you to comment on this.  Now that it's beautiful out, perhaps my art will come in different forms and mediums.  Or perhaps they will just be internal nourishment for my soul.  Please do share how you take int he fresh spring weather and still make time to create - I'm sure it doesn't have to be either/or - or just pin it on my Show Me You HeART Pinterest Board :)

Spring Fun...

As it gets nicer out, let's make a true effort to really learn from nature and what every leaf, dew drop and misshapen trunk is trying to teach us...here's a little poem I wrote this morning.  Hope it starts your day on a good note - enjoy!

(And if you'd like to check out more of my writing, there's a fun little writing section on my website amyoes.com!)

A Poem for A Beautiful Wednesday Morning

By Amy O. April 2015 

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Ground your feet here like a tree

Spread and open up your branches

Blossom like a peony

Like a child, take your chances

Change like a chameleon

Like a gazelle, leap the farthest

Express what you are feelin’

By painting like a dirt-poor artist

Keep your spirit fresh as air

Keep your soul as crisp as paper

Follow instincts everywhere

Keep your conscience clear as vapor

Float downstream just like a fish

Move with calmness like a sloth

Like a penny, make a wish

Fly towards the light like a moth

Like the springtime, thrive and bloom

Like snakes shedding, shed your cares

Like spring-cleaning, make some room

To hibernate and rest like bears

Turn your colors like the fall

Turn your pages like a book

Have ups and down like a bouncing ball

Like glasses, take a closer look

Resonate like glass wind-chimes

Like July days, beat like the sun

Like photos, capture happier times

That stick with you when day is done

Like windows, see through insincerity

Like lovers, fondly embrace sadness

Like colanders, find clarity

Sorting out the good from badness

Learn to live from your surroundings

Lessons are hid everywhere

You’ll find love and joy abounding

If you simply stay aware

When the day’s slow to get going

You’re anxious for what’s to come

Find the quiet peace in knowing

You can’t be happy if you’re numb

 

Dazing out or running from pain
Hides hard feelings that annoy
You may not feel hurt or strain
But numbness also blocks out joy

So take a hint from budding flowers
Who freeze under the winter’s snow
They know they’ll have shining hours
If they wait for Spring’s bright show

So tolerate the bitter cold
And get through slightly harder days
Like trusting kids, find hands to hold
We all must cope in healthy ways

Everyone here has their own worries
Things that sadden and distress
But if we all tell our stories
The fresh Spring Earth can do their best

To empathize, support and care

To know we’re not in this alone

Strength comes with the more we share

And realize we’re human, not stone

We’ll have peaks and valleys like mountains

Some rich days, some just ordinary

But we’ll reach glorious heights like fountains

Shooting off a stream of glory

If every day started and finished

Like the day you had had before

Soon your joy would be diminished

What would you be breathing for?

So like a riddle, keep others guessing

Like shuffling cards, mix it all up

Like a priest, find your own blessing

Like a pitcher, fill your cup

Today is an empty barrel

You can’t wait to stuff and fill

With curiosities and carols

Find your own song, seek your thrill.