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Where do you see beauty? In a child’s beaming face, a sunrise, a sunset or in your work. The last one might be surprising but there will be beauty there. How you find that beauty is in the effort you put in and the smile you have after a job well done.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
We constantly look outside ourselves for beauty. Traveling miles and days to see amazing artifacts only to see them and say, “Oh it’s smaller than I thought.”
Beauty they say comes from within and they usually mean someone else. But beauty is within you and you either express it or you don’t. Not expressing it makes the world ugly and a hard place to live.
So what it beauty? I think it’s curiosity and looking at things like you have just seen them for the first time. Doing this, working out what makes something tick, or even write a word, makes anything beautiful. A whole lot of thought went into making even a pen but because it’s now an everyday object it loses it’s beauty.
Have a successful week and think about beauty. It is definitely in the eye of the beholder.
Glenn Edley
glenn@spikemail.co.nz
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What you’ll need
Flour, sifted (soy, white, brown, rice, spelt – whatever you like)
Dairy-free milk (soy, rice, oat – again, whatever you fancy)
Soya margarine or your cooking oil of choice
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Pinch of salt
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Sugar snap peas
Salt and pepper to taste
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I first read …
It is great to see communities working together to strengthen their traditional knowledge and increase the ties that bind.
From the Timaru Herald .
The community at Arowhenua is hosting the second annual Kura Reo Kai Tahu …
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Goethe said, “Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”
Isn’t it so often the quirks of your friends that make them so fun to be around. …
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Press Release: Ballance Farm Environment awards
Media Release – November 26, 2009.
Ballance Farm Environment Awards attract a wide range of entries.
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards have attracted a strong range of …
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She recently took 10 …
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with Malcolm K. Harker MHD
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This time of the year if the weather has been kind, is the time to collect honey from your hive. Hopefully the bees have been busy doing what they do best and bringing back plenty …
NZ Herald
Transport Minister Steven Joyce wants motorists to take care on the roads over the long weekend.
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