Posted on January 25, 2010 - by Joanna

The Wonder of the Everyday

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle ~ Einstein

Journaling can help us to slow down, pay attention, capture the moments, capture the detail of the moments that start to reveal the miracles.

It’s one of the reasons I journal.  And one of the reasons I take photographs.

Some blogging reminders about noticing beauty in the everyday I received from the universe in the last 24 hours:

Noticing Beauty in the OrdinaryMoments (at The Calm Space)

In the complication of life’s activities and choices we make, it’s refreshing to listen to an album that feels like a clean slate, so that I can openly look and appreciate the seemingly ordinary moments in life and the beauty that is in front of me at every moment, if only I dare take a moment to look.

This Effortless Brilliance (at Shades of Crimson)

Contemplated having a coffee at Tim Horton’s on the way home, but chose to leave the noise of the traffic on West Broadway. I’d make myself a coffee at home and enjoy it in the privacy of my clean and quiet apartment.

Headed to a side street. Good choice; there was a rainbow in the northern sky towards the mountains. I would have missed it otherwise. It was brilliant. Hung in the sky effortlessly. Living colour. Going nowhere in particular.

I’m going to remember to slow down and pay attention to the detail this week, both going nowhere in particular, and living colour