Those of you who've seen the 1998 movie The Truman Show... Let's be honest here, it sure seems like we're living ( in ) it these days.
Doesn't it feel like everything around us is staged? As if we are, in fact, the main actor in one big show?
If you haven't seen the Truman Show, I highly recommend it. If you have, you might want to give it another go one of these days.
Today, while staring at a grassy field filled with thousands of flowers in primary colors - mainly poppies, cornflowers and daisies - I marveled at the bumblebees doing their natural, but oh so important, work. All of them just BE(e)ing in the now, all the time.
I couldn't help smiling :<)
Later, it dawned on me, that what those bumblebees were doing, can be taken as a metaphor for those people who are spreading love, kindness and positivity, around here - on Hive - as well as in the outside world.
I like to think that it's a metaphor for all of us who do good, both on- and offline. All who aim to make the world a better place, by making it a little brighter, step by little important step, making sure that - slowly but steadily - flowers will continue to spread and bloom all over the world.
I hope that the following stories will help plant some life changing seeds in your soul.
Thank you for being the best you that you can be! 💚
Image from Pixabay
In This is a Time to Follow Your Bliss , @julianhorack explains how the whole virus and lockdown situation and its consequences can be seen as a new chance.
In the coming life after lockdown, in the brave new world, we have had time to examine our lives, to reflect, and to remember the dreams we used to have of who we could be or what we could do, of what was our bliss, and now with the release from months of house arrest, we may be able to feel a sense of a second life, a second chance, and we may be able to grasp it and either out of force of circumstance, out of desperation form a means to survive, or out of remembrance of what a great opportunity the remainder of our lives might be, we can now act to follow our bliss.
Read the full essay here
In Cultivating a No Judgement Zone - Keeping in Touch with your Reality ,
@porters reminds us - not for the first time - what mindfulness is all about:
Focusing on the now, the present moment.
Instead of reacting emotionally to situations, running on autopilot, may I suggest you stop, try to be in the moment and take a good look at what is actually happening around you. What is your actual reality at this present moment. Focus on the current moment without letting your emotions take over.
Find the entire story here
@d-pend composed a beautiful mindful poem and adorned that with amazing, artistic photographs of nature.
Enjoy 'Summon the Simpler' here
More mindful content worth checking out, in no particular order:
@darbari informs us about ( the benefits of )breathwork and meditation
@bala41288 talks about dealing with anger and stress in:
Anger is the cause of all Disasters
@franyeligonzalez explains how animals and in particular pets can benefit our health, physically and mentally
@vicvperezdelara wrote a beautiful poem about the calm after the storm
@olga.maslievich marvels of the effect looking at the sky can have on us in Sky Therapy
@trucklife-family highlights the power of manifestation, by doing what she's best at: telling a personal story.
And last but definitely not least, @drrune keeps providing us with his intriguing rune readings. Today's message felt particularly powerful.
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Absolutely beautiful @vincentnijman - and I love the picture of the meadow, it's just divine. Dreaming of meadows here in hotel quarantine!
i know what you mean about reality - flying was SURREAL last night!
What a beautiful curation! Is that a wildflower meadow that you get to visit? Love it and your metaphor of the bees and keeping the flowers happening!
Thank-you for including my post in your curation!
Some great post, I will come to give you love. Seeing nature, feeling a second chance and sharing with your pet is priceless
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Hey many thanks for the inspiration @naturalmedicine. Great to read the like-minded blog posts here. A fine source of positive focus for us all during these interesting times.