Ordinarily on a Wednesday, I would be participating in Wordless Wednesday where 200 plus bloggers post a picture, and then go around visiting and commenting (on this site you can leave a comment any time and get a link). It’s a wonderful way to meet other bloggers (I’ve met some great people that way).
I love playing “WW,” but, I just can’t shut up! Momma always said that was one of my biggest problems. If you don’t know that about me already, you can look at some of the Wordless Wednesdays I’ve posted. I also find the pace of the game too frantic for me. As I rush around trying to see everyone’s photos, I don’t really “see” any of them. I want to slow down, so I’ve decided to try something new for me. It’s called “Only The Good.”
My friend Marcia, at Tumbled Words, and her friend Nancy J. Bond are two kind souls that I admire. They had the brilliant idea “to study a photograph and, no matter how mundane, ugly, or shattered the subject might be, find something good in the picture. Find only the good, and leave a comment.” Periodically, they post a picture and ask us to study it. I believe it is a worthy idea and I’ve decided to give it a whirl.
How often do we look at our world and only see the negative side of things? How often does that affect our own mood? If you are like me, it happens frequently throughout the day. How can we change that? I think that the way to change is to practice. So do Marcia and Nancy. Here is what they say about “Only The Good”:
“The purpose of this exercise is to get people to look at the world in a different way, to acknowledge–if only for the brief time they do this exercise–that there is good in everything and everyone…to briefly change shadow to light.”
This is the first of my adventures into seeing Only The Good. I’m asking you to study the photo below. I’m not a skilled photographer, so I don’t expect you to find any expertise in the photo. Look at it, and tell me the positive things you do see.
As my husband and I walked along a side street in downtown Denton, I saw this mushroom growing in the crack at the edge of the sidewalk. Amazingly, no one had kicked it to kill it and it had grown larger than the span of both of my hands. I took a picture of it, because I am fascinated by anything that can flourish despite the harshness of its environment. I see beauty in it. Tell me what you see.
Now that you have practiced seeing only the good in this photo, go into your own world and see the good around you. If you would like to take up the challenge to find only the good, visit Nancy and she will tell you what to do. I hope some of you join me in this adventure.
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