My whole life I have been drawn to nature, not really ever knowing why or realizing how connected we are with the outdoors. My heart is peaceful and my soul soaks in the beautiful energy I collect while I ground out in nature!
I have never been super adventurous, the older I get the more I want to try and the more I want to discover. I love learning new things and enjoying what life has to offer, I spent too much time on the sidelines watching everyone else navigate life through adventure.
When Wes and I went to Thailand, everything changed. A passion within me for photography, art, creativity, and self love grew unimaginable amounts. I wouldn't have ever expected the change within me to take place, but it has.
I see nature through a new set of eyes, the sky's natural gradient tones of blue, the soft winds, the trickle of the water as it passes through rocks gently, the gorgeous presence of color between each beautiful individual flower.....I could go on. My eyes were tuned to a new frequency of appreciated and gratitude!
Photography has a way of making you slow down and really evaluate the object in front of you, these flowers I would have admired and move on. But check out the veins of the leaves, the mashup of pinks, yellows, magenta, maroon, and whites within the flowers. It is MAGICAL!!
From Summer to Winter the beauty stays the same, the hues change and the areas of respect shift to softer more subtle movement. The harmonious divide between the ice and the still moving water is something I would have never appreciated before.
And the fact that this waterfall still refuses to completely freeze over is something so beautiful <3
The point of all of this, is take more time to ground yourself in areas that surround you with peace and love. Enjoy the small things and stop to take a longer look at the flowers, bugs, leaves, water, clouds...stars....whatever and realize how absolutely lucky we are to have such simple and AMAZING beauty in our lives.