salixj | My Beauty Greet You at Your Door

May beauty greet you at your door.

I have left this blessing in notes to people on many occasions. It is my way of wishing someone that their day should be filled with the joyful. That throughout the day that which is beautiful becomes revealed, in all her forms, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.

Look around where you are right now, no matter where that place is, be it on a bus, in your home, in your office or in a store, and search out something beautiful.* It can be appeal to any of your senses, it may appeal to your emotions or your intelligence. It may raise a feeling of spiritual joy. Find the beautiful. Really see it. For all it is. Take note every every aspect. Let the beautiful seep into you. A magic elixir to comfort and ease you.

If you aren't in a place where you can write in your journal, make a note of it in your small notepad (you should be carrying one with you for just this purpose) as soon as possible, to note down all the details. Be brief in a notebook, the type of notes that you would take in school: brown puppy, red leash, park by the convenience store, kept jumping on my shoe.

What is this wonderful item or event? Where was it found or did it occur? Was there a smell to it? A sound? A taste? Which of your senses were involved? Note down any detail that is important to your mind. If there are too many details to remember, snap a picture or record on your phone.

When you have five or ten minutes, write down about the beauty that met you today. Note down all the aspects of the beautiful experience using your notes. Why do you think this item or event struck you as beautiful? How did you feel after experiencing it compared to how you felt before? How does it make you feel now? Does it recall any past experiences? Does it bring up feelings of nostalgia or dreams about the future?

Don't forget to write about your other presents, whether they were items of beauty or not. Thus you should have four items that you are writing about, three presents, a short line about them, and an item of beauty, which you should write about at some length.*

And may beauty greet you at your door, and accompany you throughout your day.

*Naturally there is an overlap between something of beauty and a present, though not all presents may strike you as beautiful; for example, the ability to see is a present, it isn't necessarily beautiful in and of itself. It is important to distinguish between the two.

My Beauty Greet You at Your Door

May Beauty Greet You at Your Door