If you want to shine don't try to be, just be

Inspired by a beautiful photograph i saw on twitter yesterday by Rich Cruse.  He has a gift of capturing nature at its best and has a eye for beauty which can be easily missed if we are not present enough.

A View from the Oceanside Pier - April 8, 2013 by Rich Cruse

" If you want to shine , don't try to be , just be  and let your strengths shine "

Stillness ... a peaceful, quite resting place  or all the action, fun , drama, music, dance , the waves, the winds, the tides...

So which is is more beautiful...

 Stillness is beautiful only when you have experienced all the action, fun and drama.  Its the drama that  makes us experience and understand the true depth of stillness and same is true the other way.

Only way you can really enjoy stillness is if you have experienced the action, the drama and high and lows. One who has never experienced fun, the action would never be able to truly understand the value stillness.

So they both make each other more meaningful.

and they both co exist , enhancing each other's beauty....making a picture so much more beautiful.

Our strengths is what makes us beautiful and our strengths and our unique gifts is what makes this beautiful world so beautiful.

 We all are pieces of puzzle when put together makes this most beautiful picture made by God. Each piece has its unique shape, colors, texture . They all have its own place . A smaller piece , a bigger piece, a brighter piece or a plain piece , all are special. No one can replace the other , no one is more special then other . Only when they all are put together is when we can truly see a big picture and admire the beauty. The beauty is not in one piece but beauty is when they all are put together  each piece in its own place , in its own way enhancing the beauty of the other .

Next i saw this picture

Fisherman on the Oceanside Pier at Sunset - April 8, 2013 by Rich Cruse

" God is smiling on you" this is the first thing that came to my mind when i saw this picture.

 Fisherman is busy in his own thoughts, focus on his own thing while sun rays are shining on him. He may not be even thinking about it. Just like the sun rays, God's love is showering upon us while we may not be even thinking about Him, busy doing our own stuff . His unconditional love, selfless love is always with us .

Surfer at Sunset in Oceanside - April 9, 2013 by Rich Cruse

and He continues giving and giving and giving warmth like sun rays during the day and tranquility and peace like twinkling stars and moonlight during the night ....