A quote from Beauty

As we pay respectful gratitude for the jewels of beauty strewn throughout a day, pleasure begins to reach and flow through us. We become more generous of spirit. Not simply in the sense of giving things away to others, but as a demeanour. Like an open door to the divine, pleasure is an invitation to joy, that it may live more fully in our lives.

Much of the stress and emptiness that haunts us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the mind becomes coarse and dull if it remains unvisited by images and thoughts which hold the radiance of beauty.

To look at something that can gaze back at you, or that has a reserve and depth, can heal your eyes and deepen your sense of vision.

If you want to know if you’ve forgotten how to marvel, try staring at something beautiful for five minutes and see where your mind goes.