Lightarted Living: Friends are the Masterpieces of Nature Easing our ...

Lightarted Living: Friends are the Masterpieces of Nature Easing our 

Friends are the Masterpieces of Nature Easing our Burdens

 

"When You Realize How Perfect Everything is 

You'll Tilt Your Head Back and Laugh at the Sky" 
The Buddha 

Lee Bryant and Susan J Meyerott

Perfection in Friendship

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said--'friends are the masterpieces of nature'. For me, friends truly are the perfect accessory for living a joyful and satisfying life. I can't imagine how flat life would be without them--and how much harder.

Over the years, my sister-in-law, Lee--a fellow artist who enjoys playing with me in the artistic sand-box--became one of my perfect accessories for joyful living. 

Lee creates masterpieces, like The Buddha, then sends prints for me to scribble on as I look deep within her paintings or photos to find the hidden images and secret messages. It's how we've played together and created shared meaning although we live many miles apart. Her generosity amazes me.

When Lee sends me one of her masterpieces and says 'go at it', I always pause, wanting to tread lightly on her truly amazing creation. But eventually I can't help myself--I look at what she has created and I see what I see.

Soon, I'm sucked into a deep sense of relaxing flow as I look for the meaning and secrets within that speak to me. It provides me with a moment of perfect contentment and peace.

 "Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." 

Khalil Gibran​

Friendship is a Sweet Responsibility

What a gift it is to be given a moment of perfect contentment from a friend.  She has to truly know me to understand what makes my heart sing and engages my soul. That is the gift of friendship--listening with tender understanding and knowing just when to reach out for a moment of connection.

I love that Lee sends me fresh palettes to project my positive outlook onto as I use art to focus and calm my attention daily.  And she is just one stunning example of the masterpieces of nature I am eternally grateful to have in my life. 

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart

and sings it to you when you forget the words."

Shania Twain

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Henry David Thoreau​

Who Are Your Masterpieces of Nature? 

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 

~The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

Henri J.M. Nouwen

"When You Realize How Perfect Everything is 

You'll Tilt Your Head Back and Laugh at the Sky" 
The Buddha 

Who helps you 'Laugh at the Sky'?

💙Who are your 'masterpieces of nature'?  
💓Who do you count on to help make your life more joyful and satisfying? 
💛Who can gift you with a perfect moment of contentment?
💙Who is able to 'touch your wounds with a warm and gentle hand'?
💓Who can 'sit with you in silence in a moment of confusion or despair'?
💛Who can 'stay with you in your moment of bereavement or grief'? 

Take a moment to celebrate the people who walk alongside you in this life to ease your way and enhance your enjoyment.  Reach out to them today to let them know how glad you are to have them in your life.

Today I celebrate you.