Find beauty in the everyday

I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

Philippians 

To seek and discover the endless beauty that surrounds us amongst the ordinary day-in, day-out of our lives is not to bury our heads in the sand. It is not a delusional facade that all is perfect. Rather, it is an intentional quest for the joy amongst the heartache, the peace amongst the chaos and the beauty amongst the ordinary (or better still, the beauty in the ordinary!)

Beauty can be hidden in plain sight unless we intentionally distinguish it amongst the mundane moments in which it  is intertwined. It is the sun on your cheek, an unexpected warm breeze, the steam from your tea cup, a small kindness, morning light in the kitchen, laughter at the table, a brief caress, the flicker of a candle flame.

When it is our daily ritual to seek beauty, it is our daily experience that we find it. Everyday beauty inspires us, it colours in our life and invokes gratitude. I love that we have the power to create beauty in the most common of moments. It is one of the things I relish about small rituals. These simple acts - the lighting of a candle or the pouring of tea, create pockets of grace. It is a mindset, a way of looking at the world and a daily choice.

May you find beauty today.