Today’s issue of Picture to Ponder is about offering a brief respite at the beach. View the two 30 and 40 second videos and/or simply be with the top photos.
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Today’s Photos –
Click on image to watch video on YouTube
The top photo is of the sky and ocean at Boynton Beach at approximately 6:20 AM, approximately 25 minutes before the sun actually came up over the horizon.
The middle photo is a screen shot from the video of sandpipers. They were scurrying around so quickly still shots seemed out of the question. Click on the image itself or the video link to observe the sand pipers and hear the ocean. You’ll note at the end, I’ve reversed titled it “The Flow of Life”.
The bottom video is simply of the gently rolling surf to give you the experience of being there as you listen to and watch the rhythm of the gentle waves.
Self-Reflecting Queries –
As you “be with” the radiance of the emanating rays of the pre-dawn sun in the top photo, I invite to to reflect on your own brilliance. What rays of color and light are you projecting out into your world?
Next, as you observe the sandpipers peacefully scurrying away from the waves gently rolling onto the shore and then quickly back again, as the birds search for food, I invite you to reflect on the following:
Are there things in your life from which you typically run away, perhaps viewing them as “threats?” If so, how quickly do YOU get back in the game? Can you relate in anyway to the behavior of the lone sandpiper on whom I’ve focused at the end?
Lastly, should any of these images have an empowering impact on you, I invite you to “grab on to them to hold in your memory bank to call upon when desired.
As always have fun playing with these photos queries. Then please share your experiences with us in the COMMENTS section below.
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I will be working on the queries later (great writing prompts) but I am so envious to read your sunrise doesn’t happen until 6:20! Wow. It is much earlier than that here.
Thanks for the acknowledging comments, Julie. Can’t wait to see what you write.
I’m smiling. Given you’re an early riser, I wouldn’t think the time difference would be so much a thing to envy as the fact that you can’t experience sunrise over the ocean in your area. Of course you have sunsets 🙂
Actually, it’s a 40 minute difference, if your location is near LA. Today sunrise here in Boynton Beach, FL was 6:49 AM and according to http://www.sunrisesunset.com (can get moon times there also) it was 6:09 AM in LA. Happy writing.
In Summer, when I rehearse until midnight or later, 40 minutes makes a big difference. On Monday I have a “sunrise chasing” date with my friend, Alison, so I will be up that early whether I like it or not! LOL.