Sorry, I’m on the phone

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Window

All day long I see
people looking down at phones,
what a boring view!

Please, let me see a
whisper of what makes you tick,
your eyes, and your smile.

There are many ways
to set a trap; this one is
brilliant in concept.

What is to become
of humans, and these days I
wonder if they care?

And how would I know?
They say the window to the
soul is in the eyes.

So many eyes now
slaves to a tiny window,
captured by a screen.

Look up, please look up,
I want to connect with what
is real and human.

But do you?

Am I lost, or are they? I just don’t get it, all that time glued to a phone. Perhaps I am a relic, someone who does not belong in this “modern world”. Or, perhaps I am a lifeline, so some people can realize there is more to life than that world within the little window. Maybe we’re all feeling a little lost these days, in this crazy mixed up world, and they are looking for answers there. I would say to those ones who might feel lost, let up some on the time spent there, and start looking within yourself.

Here’s the thing. There is some valuable stuff to be found on our phones, so they have their place, but there is a lot that isn’t, too. While our minds are constantly absorbed by someone else’s ideas, we do not have time for that most important of activities. IMAGINATION

I suggest that the power of imagination is one of the important tools that will release us from the suffering and the control on this planet right now. How much time are you spending on imagining what could be, rather than reading about the problems in the world on your phone? They (the ones currently running things in society) want to make us feel powerless, when nothing could be farther from the truth. However, we have to start imagining our own idea of what a good life and society look like, and create a new future for ourselves. Together.

A quote by Albert Einstein, apparently from an interview that was published in The Saturday Evening Post:

“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.”

“Then you trust more to your imagination than to your knowledge?”

“I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

Remember Who You Are

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Remember Who You Are

Looking for the path
that merges the ugly with
beautiful, to One.

But wait, it is Life,
it is All beautiful, if
we use the right lens.

We are already
part of a beautiful whole,
forgetting beauty.

That is the shift, to
remember what we always
knew before we came.

This world designed to
make us forget, we need to
claim and transform it.

Remember Who You Are © Susan L Hart 2025 / First published here today.

Worshipping Mr. Sun

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(This post is brought to you by edict of our equally revered Sunflowers.)

The sunflowers tell me that a little sun worship is in order today. Entirely understandable! I can see how the Summer Solstice would the day of ALL days for giant flora whose primary mission is to exalt their hero, Mr. Sun. A little sun worship will therefore involve a bow to their magnificence as well. (Of course. It goes without saying!)

For mere lowly humans such as we, whose lives may not revolve around the sun (but they do!), the sun is mightily important to us as well. Where would we be without Mr. Sun, so shall we begin with the bowing and scraping?

Lustrous diamond, blazing star constant and true. Sol, we adore you.

The Summer Solstice is here. Yay! The sun has taken some real bashing in the past few years about giving us skin damage, but as with everything in life, it’s all about balance.

Gratitude is an amplifier for the abundance in our lives. Yes I know, you may be thinking… It’s the sun’s job to be up there in the sky, keeping me alive! So just do your job, Mr. Sun. I have enough to worry about.

But wait a minute! When we take a few moments in our day to say “thank you” here and there, life starts to feel better. We become more consciously aware of the good, and we feel blessed.

So next time you step outside into sunlight, try this. Stop for a moment, close your eyes, tip your face upward, and feel the blissful warmth on your skin. Think to yourself, Ah, yes… Thank you, Mr. Sun. You are one of the things that I can count on in life to make me feel good.

Shimmering golden gleams of light from heaven’s eye, Sun kisses the Earth.

The enchanting moments of nature have captivated all of us at some time or another. The soft sweet scent of a certain flower and a golden apricot sky at sunset are two very common human pleasures.

Sunlight filtering through the clouds has become a classic symbol of ethereal connection, sometimes in a biblical context. I see the rays as an almost tangible expression of the nurturing star that warms our planet, and my heart lifts in witness to this everyday magic.

Enchantment is in the heart of the beholder, and it is not just found in nature. It’s all around us, every day, but we must have some sense of wonder to see and appreciate it. Enchantment is part of our childhood stories. Why do we give up that idea in adulthood? Is life so serious that we cannot acknowledge and enjoy it in our grown-up lives?

Look for those magical uplifting moments that are all yours and hold them close. Delight in them. Let them be your measuring stick, your inspiration, for what you would like life to feel like more of the time.

Star-struck sunflowers, nothing holds a candle to your idol, The Sun.

If you delude yourself that your sunflowers are impatiently awaiting your arrival in the garden, think again. They have only one thing on their minds, which is, “Where is Mr. Sun now?” Any tiny part you play in their world pales in comparison.

The behavior of sunflowers turning to the sun is called heliotropism. They have a built-in 24-hour tracking system that follows the sun everywhere. They’ve even been known to wait in the field at night with their faces turned to the east, steadfastly waiting for their idol to appear once again. Now that’s adulation!

Burnished swirls of gold, proud ochre orbs draped in grace. Vincent, we’re smitten.

Vincent van Gogh. Millions of art lovers worldwide revere his name and works of art. In these modern times, particularly his sunflower paintings are beloved beyond his wildest dreams.

I love sunflowers, they have long been a favorite, and so Van Gogh feels to me like a kindred spirit. I have painted sunflowers from my garden numerous times. He painted twelve sunflower works in all, between 1887 and 1889.

Van Gogh created some of the paintings especially for a visit of the also (later) famous artist Paul Gauguin. Apparently Vincent proclaimed to his brother Theo that sunflowers would become his artistic signature. Little did he know how true that would be!

Are your eyes tired from all that sunshine? Time to put on your best pair of sunnies and head out to celebrate the Solstice. After all, it IS the longest day of the year, something to be savored. Wishing you a wonderful weekend full of all the good things in life, whatever that means for you. 🙂

The writing in this post is excerpted from my ebook Our Beautiful Earth Vol 2. It is available in my ebookstore here.

Reclaiming Ourselves

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What humankind builds inevitably crumbles and turns to dust. Nature being centered in some higher power of the universe, quietly takes over and continues in its eternal renewal and expansion. Total human civilizations have been built and destroyed while Nature watches.

Perhaps it is time we took a cue from Nature. We are no longer centered in our eternal natural rhythms; they are being overwritten with man-made programming. We think we own our smart phones, but more often than not, they end up owning us. Next time you’re out in a public place, look around you. Generally speaking, more faces are pointing down towards those tiny screens than are looking up and around at the world.

We are organic beings, not machines, and yet those little screens have quite a scary hold on humankind. Technology has its place and can be very helpful to us, but if Nature teaches us anything, it’s about balance.

How do we reclaim ourselves, so that we can live in balanced harmony with our natural habitat (the Earth) and our machines?

Together

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We are bound together by our humanity, and we make sense of life through our stories. Life is mysterious, scary, wonderful, big – replete with challenges, stumbling blocks, triumphs, sorrow and joy – and we feel a deep need to put it into words. As Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”.

When the person hearing our story looks in our eyes and nods, we feel that we are coming home, we are understood, the challenges are surmountable, and it will all be alright. We find delight, solace and strength in our shared humanity, and our stories.