Since the world is what we make it...why not make it the best possible place? A place with only room for pure truth...
breathtaking beauty....
...and the greatest of all virtues, love.
This day I am seeking. Seeking whimsy, sunlight, and the solving of puzzles. I'm seeking out illustrations of a stylised and artful entymological nature, as I have inklings of getting a honey bee tattoo. I love them so, and after seeing one on the wrist of a woman this week I couldn't help but think of the reoccurence of this symbology in my life...my daughters are the honey bee and the olive branch. Perhaps both together in a small sepia design somewhere hidden would be ethereal.
What is interesting to me besides the images themselves representing my two beautiful creations, is their inherant meanings. The honey bee is symbolic of untiring work, hope & the soul. The olive branch is victory, longevity & honour. It above all is a symbol of peace. Which is what we all need, don't we?
Truth, beauty and love exist everywhere. I hope on this Sunday you find it lurking in your newspaper, 'neath the sheets whilst you dream, in the cry of an eagle soaring overhead or in the gaze of a large white coyote who visits in the night.
When you were born, you cried and all the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
~Cherokee Proverb
XOXO
All pictures taken by Gillian da Silva in Petra, Jordan. March 2010
You put the comments back!!! Great thoughts Gillian -- just what I needed to read this gloomy morning. I love the meaning of the honey B and the O branch...beautiful!
Posted by: Sherry Smyth | May 29, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Sherry yes, sometimes comments are left on. I guess you just never know! lol
It is only a gloomy sky the rest is up to us. I've decided today is going to be great! Sounds like you are doing the same.
I hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend!! xoxo
Posted by: Gillian daSilva | May 29, 2011 at 12:03 PM
I like that too, the honey bee and the olive branch. Very nice. Have a great week.
Posted by: gloria | May 29, 2011 at 04:48 PM
the love photo stole my heart.
thinking of you and hoping you are well. one love.
Posted by: Se'lah | May 29, 2011 at 10:43 PM
The bee while busy also reminds us to just "be"
xx love you.
Posted by: Lrmanz | May 30, 2011 at 11:05 AM