Monday 28 May 2012

Never accept less than butterflies.....

Peacock butterfly
The weather has been lovely this past week and there seems to be an explosion of butterflies :) There are many inspirational stories, myths and legends on the internet that you can look up for yourselves, but the one that I like is 'Never accept anything less than butterflies'....This phrase has many interpretations.
The feeling you get when you meet someone that makes you feel euphoric, or causes the 'butterflies in your stomach' feeling when you think of him/her.
The advice is to not “settle” for a partner in a relationship that doesn’t have this effect on you, and was popularized by the character Carrie Bradshaw on the series 'Sex and the City'.
Like the butterfly, we are all on a journey. On this journey we encounter endless turns, shifts, and conditions that cause us to metamorphasize. All change is good - even if it may not seem so at the time. Change is what life is made of and it is necessary to grow and learn. At our journey's end we are inevitably transformed - not at all the same as when we started on the path. I like this one....................
It reminds me of the journey I am heading on. After 6 months of illness where I have been unable to do very much I am now feeling 99% better and ready to get up and go again :) I have had a long time to think and re-evaulate my secrets hopes and dreams.....some changes are necessary and some of my comfort zone will be put to the test. Dreams can just stay dreams, but I know they can be reality if I reach hard for them. Only I can do that. Watch this space.....
A cake and a cuppa are ready to enjoy while I write my list ....Hugs 4 smiles M x

It also has a rather simple meaning - butterflies are bright and beautiful creatures so don't settle for anything but the best and brightest.


Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down
                                           quietly, may alight upon you.Nathaniel Hawthorne


Tuesday 1 May 2012

Sunshine, shadows and a full moon :)

               
           The sunshine lay like a friendly arm across her shoulder.

This picture was taken on a beautiful sunny day, and yes the quote above is just how it was on that day. I felt happy and content having not only the sunshine touch my shoulder but the arm of a very special person. A day that went by oh too fast, but remains etched on my memory forever
The evening walking on the beach as the sun sets, casting shadows that gradually fade away. Holding hands and smiling, content and happy in the knowledge of coming together and just being us.

Watching the moon rise....and looking at each other....knowing.....and smiling....our moon.



The sea ebbs and flows like the moon.....the tide turns and the shadows fade, but the sun shines brightly for me:)

One day, someday, who knows. Sunshine, shadows and moons will always be there to share :)
Doris and Jack smiled...sitting by the little     stream, hand in hand watching the sunshine, shadows and moon and still in love :)
Perhaps it will seem to you that the sunshine is brighter and that everything has a new charm. At least, I believe this is always the result of a deep love, and it is a beautiful thing. And I believe people who think love prevents one from thinking clearly are wrong; for then one thinks very clearly and is more active than before. And love is something eternal--the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and it was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work. Vincent Van Gough