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It Is With Awe ~ A Haiku by Matsuo Basho

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Finding Awe in Everyday Life: Lessons from Bashō’s Haiku

A single moment of noticing can change the way you see everything. Let this haiku open your eyes to the miracles hidden in plain sight.

It Is With Awe

Matsuo Basho

It is with awe
That I beheld
Fresh leaves, green leaves,
Bright in the sun.

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Matsuo Bashō invites us into a moment so quiet and unassuming that we almost miss its power. Fresh leaves—simple, ordinary—yet when seen with awe, they become a doorway into wonder. How often do we rush past the small miracles life offers? This haiku reminds us that renewal happens daily, every morning, every sunrise, every green leaf pushing toward the sun. Awe is an attitude, not an accident. When we choose to pause, to truly see, the world feels wider and our burdens lighter. The poem teaches that beauty is not rare—our attention is.

As you read this haiku, ask yourself:

What small, ordinary thing in your life recently took on unexpected beauty when you slowed down enough to notice?

Today’s Quote: The Feeling of Awe & Gratitude

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“To look out at this kind of creation out here and not believe in God is to me impossible.” ― John Glenn, astronaut

Rising With the Early Birds

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I’m an early riser. It’s still dark out when I wander through the house opening the shutters to my windows. As soon as the soon rises, I want it to light it up. When I looked outside I saw the dark sky filled with stars. I heard the birds singing, and I was, for a moment, filled with awe and gratitude. These are precious moments when you know everything will work out. Hope your day is filled with them.

The Gifts of the Super Moon

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I took this photo of the past week’s super moon. It was the last super moon for 2024. If I wasn’t aware that there was going to be a super moon I’d have missed my opportunity to witness it. The photo doesn’t capture how I felt when I saw it. I felt awe, a sense of peace, and grateful all at the same time. Life is good.

Today’s Inspiring Quote by Norman Vincent Peale, Enjoy the Wonder of Christmas

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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale

Photo for Today ~ Dare to Wonder

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Poem of the Day

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Wonderment

Siegfried Sassoon

Then a wind blew;
And he who had forgot he moved
Lonely amid the green and silver morning weather,
Suddenly grew
Aware of clouds and trees
Gleaming and white and shafted, shaken together
And blown to music by the ruffling breeze.Like flush of wings
The moment passed: he stood
Dazzled with blossom in the swaying wood;
Then he remembered how, through all swift things,
This mortal scene stands built of memories,—
Shaped by the wise
Who gazed in breathing wonderment,
And left us their brave eyes
To light the ways they went.

Poem for Today ~ It is a Beauteous Evening, Clear and Free

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It is a Beauteous Evening, Clear and Free

William Wordsworth

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquility;
The gentleness of heaven broods o’er the Sea;
Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder—everlastingly.
Dear child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham’s bosom all the year;
And worshipp’st at the Temple’s inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.

 

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Poem of the Day ~ The Spring Has Many Silences

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The Spring Has Many Silences

Laura Riding Jackson

The spring has many sounds:
Roller skates grind the pavement to noisy dust.
Birds chop the still air into small melodies.
The wind forgets to be the weather for a time
And whispers old advice for summer.
The sea stretches itself
And gently creaks and cracks its bones….

The spring has many silences:
Buds are mysteriously unbound
With a discreet significance,
And buds say nothing.

There are things that even the wind will not betray.
Earth puts her finger to her lips
And muffles there her quiet, quick activity….

Do not wonder at me
That I am hushed
This April night beside you.

The spring has many silences.

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Photo for Today ~ Beauty Surrounds Us

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Take time

To stop and wonder

Beauty surrounds us

Feel a sense of awe and gratitude

Life is good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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