A THING OF BEAUTY

 

A THING OF BEAUTY - Beauty, especially natural beauty - birds, butterflies, breath-taking landscapes, wildflowers, and the like - nourish the soul.  But other forms of beauty - artwork, poetry, handmade pottery, fabric art, handcrafted wood objects, etc. - are also soul nourishing.  Poet John Keats observed that "A thing of beauty lasts forever."  Even long after we have turned our eyes away from that thing of beauty, we can still see the image or recite the words in our mind, bringing joy to the soul.  We do well these days to be open to beauty wherever we might find it, let that beauty nourish our soul, and embrace the joy it brings to us.