What a Wonderful, Beautiful World!

Wonderful Beautiful World

In the midst of all the news of the violence and hatred and ugliness in the world in the last few weeks (months, years…?), we can sometimes lose sight of the sheer beauty and true awe-someness of our little part of the universe.

My good friend Liv Lane says that when we focus on the sweet stuff around us, the sweet stuff multiplies. When we look for beauty, we’ll find it.

Unfortunately, our brains have a built-in negativity bias, an evolutionary predisposition to look primarily for the possible threats in our environment. Neuroscientist Rick Hanson says our brains are like velcro for the bad, and teflon for the good. We need to make a little more effort to take in the good (Hanson says you need about 10-20 seconds to do this!)

I feel so fortunate that my family had the opportunity to spend the last week truly taking in the good, as we vacationed in gorgeous Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — sweet stuff indeed! My husband commented, “It’s absolutely beautiful in every direction!”

Today I invite you to take a break from the (admittedly, important) news sites, and simply marvel at the brilliance and magnificence of one small part of our world (photos courtesy of my amateur-photographer husband).

It is a wonderful, beautiful world.

“What a Wonderful World”
(written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss)
 

I see trees of green, red roses, too,

Flower Cabo
I see them bloom, for me and you

Cabo San Lucas
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

Red Flower

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,

Cabo Sky

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

Cabo lights
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

Butterfly

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,

Cabo sunrise
Are also on the faces of people going by.

magic trick
I see friends shaking hands, sayin’, “How do you do?”

Cabo Crabs 2
They’re really sayin’, “I love you.”

Soccer

I hear babies cryin’. I watch them grow.

Cabo Pink Flowers
They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know

Cabo Stars
And I think to myself

Cabo Sunrise 3
What a wonderful world

Hummingbird in Cabo

Yes, I think to myself

Cabo artwork
What a wonderful world.

Cabo San Lucas2

*****

May you find beauty in your world today.

Peace–

Sarah
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