Good Morning and Welcome to Monday from my Atlantic Life in Hatteras 😊
Yes it's Monday.....although it's a federal holiday - President's Day, so some may be having a lovely long weekend!
As I was walking on the beach this morning, watching the sun rise through the clouds, and the migrating birds streaming north, I got to thinking how magical mornings are here on Hatteras .......and how, by opening my senses to the natural world around me, I can find magic in so many places every day.
This poem popped into my head, and I thought it would be a great reminder to start a new week with...
Magic
you tell me that I’m childish
seeing magic in the world
that there’s no room for enchantment
on this scientific earth
you give me explanations
and you hand me charts and graphs
for you say there can’t be magic
in the company of fact
but I’ll argue that there’s magic
in a new-born baby’s cry
and in how that baby heard
it’s mother’s heart beat from inside
I’ll tell you that it’s magic
how a butterfly exists
that there’s something most spellbinding
about metamorphosis
there’s magic in the differences
between each flake of snow
and in people finding footprints
from a million years ago
I’ll tell you that it’s magic
how the tides move with the moon
and how the sun can split a raindrop
into seven different hues
it’s magic how a spider
weaves a complex fragile web
and how all the words of years of songs
are stored inside our heads
but you’ll tell me there’s no magic
for this all can be explained
yet, to me, there’s magic dancing
in the workings of our brains
see the danger is our knowledge
means there’s little awe to spare
but if we stop looking for magic
then we’ll never see it there
by Becky Hemsley
Here are some pics of my Hatteras "magic" from the weekend and this morning 💗
Until Next Time...
Take care, Stay Safe and....please ask yourself "are you seeing the magic around you?"
Love and Hugs,
Pam
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