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In this new COVID-19 world, in order to increase the chances of most of us staying healthy we have all had to postpone many things that we love and perhaps didn’t realize how much we would miss. Our freedom to go with our spontaneous thoughts and wishes needs to be restrained. Who would have ever thought that having lunch with a friend, visiting your parents or adult children, exercising at the gym, attending worship, window shopping in a store, enjoying a concert, attending prom, celebrating graduation, or even physically going to work or school would be things that we would have to postpone indefinitely?
Just like most things in life, this time comes with blessings, so some of those small things that are big things in disguise are right before our eyes right now. Hold them close to your heart and cherish them. Before you know it we will be back to being “busy bees” dealing with the hustle and bustle of life.
In this social distancing COVID-19 world one of the precious things that is still available to most of us is nature … the outdoors. Whether your slice of nature is a huge forest, lake or mountain range, or a high rise balcony or little patch of grass outside your apartment it is there to enjoy.
One of my high school friends just shared with me a poem his late Dad wrote for his children back in 1970. This poem touched my heart, and hopefully it will touch your heart too. He is such a talented writer and poet. I so admire people who have been able to tell a good story with their lives, and Roger Schoenecker is one of those people. Life is precious!
I hope you enjoy some images of my walks through the woods. Virtual hugs!
About Me: Life is precious, capture its beauty. I am lucky to have a loving family, and wonderful friends. Like everyone, I have good days and bad days, happy days and sad days, patient days and crabby days, beautiful days and ugly days, etc. I try to “hold the bright side up” as much as I can because it makes me feel better, and I think it helps others feel better too. I am so far from perfect, but I try to be kind and respectful. I truly believe that life is precious and that there are so many extraordinary ordinary people and moments in life. I want to share and celebrate the “extraordinary ordinary” through my writing and photography. Please check out my photos at Fine Art America Photography https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/35-laura-smith; at Adobe Stock at https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/207669601/Laura%20Jean%20Smith or at Shutterstock https://www.shutterstock.com/g/LauraJSmith. Perhaps you will find something you would like to have as your own?
Love your photos. I am missing nature right now, We have a little garden but I would love to visit the forest right now. That is such a beautiful poem. I would love to share a link back to it from my favorite posts for the month. I usually write that up the last week of each month. Thank you for sharing all these pretty photos, stay safe out there and have a beautiful week.
Thank you!
Lovely. Thanks for sharing and wishing many blessings in your life. Enjoy the day,
Same to you!
Thank you. I’m so glad that, although we don’t have forrest, we are surrounded by mountains, have a large lake that we can see from our front door, and 2 dogs who love us and which we love. They lie at my feet as I write posts and try to sneak into the bedroom – where they’re not allowed to come. They still keep trying. I especially loved the poem!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I also hope you stay well.
Called by to leave my thanks for your recent decision to follow Learning from Dogs. Thank you!
And one of the secrets of love.❤️
What a lovely poem. Wonderful photos too 🙂
This is a beautiful poem – a timely reminder for us to enjoy what we have during these bizarre times.