Hay un refrán muy popular que dice que la belleza está en el ojo de quién la mira (David Hume) y para mí, no hay belleza más grande que la que viene de las flores.

There is a popular saying which states that beauty is in the eye of the beholder (David Hume) and for me, there is no greater beauty than the one which comes from flowers.

Hace unos meses atrás, por inconvenientes rutinarios, estaba teniendo un mal día, algunos planes caídos, un poco de frustración por haber perdido uno de los recursos más valiosos de la vida, el tiempo. Pero como cosas de Dios, me encontraba frente al Jardín Botánico de Bogotá, y fue la manera de Dios calmarme y decirme “no pasa nada, mañana será otro día, disfruta el presente”. Cruce la calle, entré al jardín, y los problemas se habían ido de mi mente. A continuación te comparto, algunas de las bellezas que se cruzaron con el lente de mi cámara.

A few months ago, due to routine inconveniences, I was having a bad day, some plans fell through, I was feeling frustrated for having lost one of the most valuable resources in life which is time. But, by chance, or maybe because of God, working his way through, I was in front of the Botanical Garden of Bogota, and it was God's way to calm me down and tell me "nothing happens, tomorrow will be another day, enjoy the present". I crossed the street, entered the garden, and the problems were gone from my mind. Here are some of the beauties that crossed my camera lens.

Si eres amante de las flores y la naturaleza como yo, el jardín te dejará encanta desde tus primeros pasos. Hay una variedad de rutas que te pasean por caminos de árboles, áreas boscosas, pequeños riachuelos y cascadas, y una diversidad de hermosas flores. Puedes tardar horas recorriendo cada rincón, sentarte en la grama a descansar y ver el cielo azul, conectarte contigo, con el ahora.

If you are a flower and nature lover like me, the garden will enchant you from the moment you enter. There are a variety of routes that take you through tree-lined paths, wooded areas, small streams and waterfalls, and a diversity of beautiful flowers. You can spend hours walking around every corner, sit on the grass to rest and look at the blue sky, connect with yourself, with the moment.

Alquimia y Cacao, en uno de sus posts dicen algo muy sabio,
“✨Las flores son medicina, ellas nos recuerdan el camino hacia el florecimiento.
¿Por qué florecen? Porque es su destino…
✨En cada flor vive un espíritu, no siempre se muestra, aparece cuando aprendes a presenciar la belleza que existe en cada una.
✨Cuando una flor te llama, atrae tu atención para que escuches su mensaje, ellas siempre tienen un regalo para ti.
✨Si permites que su belleza te cautive, hasta llegar muy cerca de ella, entonces a veces su espíritu se muestra, aparece asomando su forma, y por segundos puedes ver la flor en su esencia.
✨Todo en esta vida tiene espíritu, espíritu antes que cuerpo, espíritu que abraza al cuerpo, pero este solo se muestra cuando uno puede sentirlo cerca, el espíritu se asoma a través de la belleza, la belleza es esa caricia del espíritu, diciendo ‘Aquí estoy, Aquí estas, Aquí estamos’.
✨Los encuentros con el espíritu son bendiciones, son umbrales que nos hacen suspirar, nos traen al presente, son alimento para el alma, y cuando nuestra alma está nutrida, encontramos todos los recursos que necesitamos para vivir”.

Alquimia y Cacao, in one of their posts they say something very wise,
"✨Flowers are medicine, they remind us of the way to bloom.
Why do they bloom? Because it is their destiny....
✨In every flower lives a spirit, it does not always show itself, it appears when you learn to witness the beauty that exists in each one.
✨When a flower calls you, it attracts your attention to listen to its message, they always have a gift for you.
✨If you allow their beauty to captivate you, until you come very close to them, then sometimes their spirit shows itself, it appears peeking its form, and for seconds you can see the flower in its essence.
✨Everything in this life has spirit, spirit before body, spirit that embraces the body, but this only shows itself when one can feel it close, the spirit peeks through beauty, beauty is that caress of the spirit, saying 'Here I am, Here you are, Here we are'.
✨Encounters with the spirit are blessings, they are thresholds that make us sigh, they bring us to the present, they are food for the soul, and when our soul is nourished, we find all the resources we need to live."

De esta cita, me permitiré tomar algunas ideas, con las cuales me he visto personalmente identificada…

From this quote, I will allow myself to take some ideas, with which I have personally identified...

“Las flores nos recuerdan el camino hacia el florecimiento”

“Aprendes a presenciar la belleza que existe en cada una”

"You learn to witness the beauty that exists in each one."
I remember after my visit to the garden, I posted some of the photos I had managed to capture from my eyes, and a friend was intrigued by the place. I tell her that it is the Botanical Garden, and her reaction is one of surprise. She tells me that she had already been there twice and from her point of view, it is an abandoned place, dark, without much sparkle; and to this I reply that perhaps the perception and beauty comes from the eye that looks at it. I, from my appreciation, was able to capture a lot of beauty, simplicity and at the same time intensity, which were captured in my photos, but beauty is largely influenced by the soul, by the spirit and tastes of each person.

“Cuando una flor te llama, trae tu atención para que escuches su mensaje, ellas siempre tienen un regalo para ti”

"When a flower calls you, bring your attention to listen to its message, they always have a gift for you."
Besides the gift of their beauty, their purity and intensity, the message of flowers, is to see the gift of life. It is seeing yourself reflected in the essence of a flower and appreciating where you are, your process, and what you have become. Particularly, when problems overwhelm me, my mind becomes clouded and I fail to appreciate my life purpose, why I am here, the value of my life, the value of the circumstances and experiences I have lived through to become who I am today. So, when I see a flower that calls to me, that wants to tell me something, its message to me is "'Here I am, Here you are, Here we are', focus on the here and now, be grateful for life, be grateful for the beauty of the simple and the details, just like us, you will soon bloom".

“son alimento para el alma”

"They are food for the soul".
And just as we need organic food to live, to have energy and good health to move forward, so we need food for the soul. Do what makes you happy, fill yourself with love, enjoy the details. For me, the beauty of flowers is that warmth that warms my soul, is that cool breeze that gives me happiness, it is that focus that brings me to the present, and to reality.

Es increíble el poder de la naturaleza para llamar tu atención, para enfocarte él la belleza que tienes frente, para encantarte con sus colores y sus diferentes formas, para apreciar su grandeza y darte cuenta que tú y tus problemas son diminutos en comparación con la majestuosidad de la naturaleza. Si eres como yo, puedes pasar horas y horas recorriendo cada rincón de este jardín, detallando cada forma, el contraste de cada color, tomando fotos en tu memoria, sintiendo el aire frío en tu piel proveniente del movimiento de los árboles, escuchando el canto de las aves y el sonido del agua o la brisa de los árboles. Es un momento para ti, para reflexionar, para calmarte, para descansar y tomar energía para seguir tu camino de vida.

It is incredible the power of nature to call your attention, to focus on the beauty in front of you, to enchant you with its colors and its different shapes, to appreciate its grandeur and to realize that you and your problems are tiny compared to the majesty of nature. If you are like me, you can spend hours and hours walking through every corner of this garden, detailing each shape, the contrast of each color, taking pictures in your memory, feeling the cold air on your skin from the movement of the trees, listening to the birds singing and the sound of the water or the breeze from the trees. It is a moment for you, to reflect, to calm down, to rest and take energy to continue your path of life.

Espero que como a mí, estas flores y lo bello de este lugar, te deslumbren, te atrapen, conecten con tu alma y con tu espíritu y te dejen un mensaje. La vida es aquí y ahora, la belleza se encuentra en los detalles, en lo simple, en aquél que abre sus ojos realmente para apreciar lo bello de lo que mira.

I hope that, like me, these flowers and the beauty of this place, dazzle you, catch you, connect with your soul and your spirit and leave you a message. Life is here and now, beauty is found in the details, in the simple, in those who really open their eyes to appreciate the beauty of what they see.

Remember to be kind, be strong, be you.
A warm hug