Gold Coast, Australia
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Living Life ...connecting with life and seeing the magic
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People ask me: Why do you look young? I never know how to answer: Is
it having a good eye cream (not really), is it green tea, is it a good
attitude? What can I say that doesn't offend but - just between you and
me - it's allowing the child inside who imagines to run free and not
letting anyone snuff out the light.
I'm not sure if other people talk like we do. Graham rings at lunchtime
to tell me about a bird - a Finch - he's just seen cleverly jumping on
the end of a grass stem then deftly leaning over to harvest the sticky
seeds for his breakfast. It's seeing life and catching the magic around
us fresh every day.
When Graham started taking photos, he walked out that first day and came
back with shots that opened my eyes to the incredible beauty I drove
past in my car but missed. It's inspiring to see life through his eyes.
Standing at 5.00am freezing on Nobby's Beach waiting for the sun to come
up and watching how fast the orange ball literally shoots out of the
horizon in seconds. Graham, on the cold sand, kneeling, taking photos
oblivious to all except the glory of life leaping out of the sea so huge
and unbelievably fast it takes our breath away. Laughing and running to
the car to warm up and sip hot tea so we can race back for the next
shot.
To watch sunsets with awe and see life around me bursting with colour
and shapes. Everything in nature shouts LIFE from the busy tiny black
ants in conference over some crispy ham dropped after breakfast on the
balcony - it's BIG for them - a feast - to the lemon yellow butterflies
floating above around the trees in the courtyard of the building where I
work. As they sail by I can't resist holding out my hand in case they
relent and make my day by sitting on my hand. Their freedom is so
evident in their grace and peace. The Butcher Bird who looks keenly at
the timber railing above our balcony - shaking my head and telling him
No 'cause I don't want mess chunked on the tiles again. He tries to
sneak in as I close the blinds. I catch him and, yet again, bang the
broom to chase him off (I feel selfish). His beak pointedly stubborn,
he's shouting at me without words. Again, I tell him NO but he knows
what he knows - it's the best spot to shelter when a storm comes in from
the north.
Admiring the bright green grasshopper even when he chomped on the leaves
of my roses. Okay - all's fair in love and roses. Until he lost out by
chewing off the rosebuds and then watched me silently with his
iridescent eyes and startling grass green colour pulsing with energy -
no doubt from the flowers he'd eaten!
Sniffing the Geisha Girl flowers reminds me of pink musk lollies I ate
as a child. The blue striped bees zoom in and manoeuvre with ease like
Harrier Jets around the sweet-smelling, irresistible purple and white
flowers. Watching Dragonflies spinning through the air together deep in
some unspoken communication or poised on the tip of a flower stalk
looking for an afternoon snack.
Everything about life is LOUD and has COLOUR. Its architecture and
design leaves anything we build out of the race. With a grace, elegance
and symmetry yet the lofty confidence of impossible engineering. Easy
to miss if I don't stop, take a breath and look.
Snorkelling too fast I'll miss seeing a little Goby fish sitting on a
rock underwater watching me. The Octopus easily disguises itself and is
only discovered when I stop and wait and, after a while, it can't stand
the suspense and moves and, there it is, only a few feet away.
Sometimes it takes careful, considered, focussed attention to see the
magic.
There's always more and just when I've seen the impossible there's
something new. When I think I've done it, there's always more to do.
Get life, give life.
Like a fav song by the New Radicals:-
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget you only get what you give...
You'll be okay follow your heart
FLY HIGH........
When we connect and see life around us it connects us to the light and
spirit of life within.
Life is a one time shot. What are you waiting for? Someone's
approval? Give yourself the okay. Whatever you need to do GET IT DONE.
Australian Tiger Dragonfly
Dragonfly Flying High
Nobby's Beach at Sunrise
In times when the sun shines so brightly we shade our eyes, to times when
dark clouds gather round our heart and mind, God knows our deepest thoughts
and loves us.
He shares our laughter and longs to wipe all tears away if we but ask.