Sunday Stories

Photo by me.

Life is filled with colors, but sometimes we are so busy hurrying from one thing to another that we miss the beautiful wonders this world has for us. Blues filled with tints of indigo, gray, and greens. 

 Sometimes it is browns, whites, and blues. The world is spinning fast and we miss so much because we are on our phones, we are binge-watching another show. We are busy every day and so the world in all its colorfulness changes and we missed it. 

Life is so right now, so oh you didn't text me, you didn't see my call, it's all instant gratification. I have been reading about slow living a lot lately. I make time to look at the birds, which seem to be a lot of red robins lately. It is about taking the time to wake up slowly and listen to the bird's songs as they sing to wake us up.  It is about being present in a life that passes us by, so we feel when we are not running in the rat race of life. We do not feel we can get off the hamster wheel. We will miss something.

Colors surround us, when you drive to work and are light, look at the sky for a second and marvel at the colors, the clouds, and the birds. I have noticed a lot of black crows lately flying around. Squirrels fill my backyard trees jumping from branch to branch. The other day a white squirrel went in front of my car and I stopped abruptly and the person coming towards me did too. We could not believe we saw a white squirrel. We do not see many of them down here in Ga. 

If you pay attention, if you look for the small details in your day, and if you practice gratitude for them, your emotions will slow down. You will slow down and see the color of the sun as it rises in the morning, and the color of the clouds when a storm is coming. 

Sunrises are full of morning blues giving way to reds and then oranges. The sky wakes up slowly. The shells on the beach always stop me. I have to look at them all, see all the colors, then of course I have to watch the waves. This is the Tybee Island Pier. Underneath the pier has browns and blues, the sky is full of morning hues, and instantly our hearts beat slower. The stress melts away. You grab a pizza and eat it on the beach. Life has us all moving too fast, so I suggest a break. A few min, a few days, whatever you can do. Breathe in and out, in for four counts, and out for 8. 

Life has us all going around like we were shot out of a canon. It has us wanting to know answers right now. It has us writing out a life we think we want, but when we get it we realize the frenzied speed we would have to keep up with it and then and only then do we take a break, do we look up, do we notice what is around us. Our spouses, our kids, maybe the dog wants you to play. Take the time to notice this world. All its colors. All the amazing hues from sunrise to sunset.

May the day bless you with a waking that is slow, a breakfast enjoyed at the table, and your soul feeling restful.

Happy Sunday Friends,

Your friend,

Debbie

xoxoxo

PS. Did you submit your writing to anyone? ( asking since my last blog post was about writing and submitting). I would love to see it, read it. If not that is ok, but do write and one day you will be wanting to submit it. For now, do what you are comfortable with :)

This is Little Tybee Island. You have to take a boat or canoe to it. It seems like a magical place to be!