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Beauty as gratitude

March 12, 2018 By Miki Dedijer

Beauty is made before it’s perceived.

It’s decorating the dinner table with a crown of fall leaves. Singing by a fire. Hand painting a dead tree. Speaking a kind word to a stranger, Carving little jewels from elderflower branches. Gathering moss in the shape of a mandala. Dancing to the beat of a brooding storm. Cooking a plate of wild mushrooms on buttered buns. Lighting a smoke free fire. Playing music with icecicles.

Living so you leave a beautiful track is a skill, a practice, a craft. It’s a learned thing, a dedication to tending relationships.

Your child can become a master of beautification. She likely has a knack for it too, whatever her passions. Children often do.

Making beauty is a way for your child to celebrate creation, decorating the world with the delightful trail of her imagination.

Beauty is gratitude manifest. It’s giving back in celebration of what is received.

An invitation to lighten up
Considered consequence

Filed Under: Gratitude, Relationship Tagged With: generosity, relationship

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