self portrait challenge ~ elements

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The self portrait challenge for the month of July is "Elements: Water~Air~Earth~Fire."

This week I choose Earth. So apropos being that I just returned from a week of resting under a canopy of redwood trees. Something alters within me when I lay that close to Mother Earth. My life feels less complicated. What may have seemed confusing before might have more clarity. Talking seems unnecessary at times. My husband and I could sit in silence for hours listening to the sounds of Her heartbeat...rushing waters, whispy trees, birds singing, crickets playing.

Standing beneath the tall, majestic redwood trees was humbling. They reach up high towards the sky in a huge stretch...reminding me to do the same; Look above, move forward, rejoice, open up, let go. All the answers are right there.

More pics of our trip to come soon.