March 4, 2005
Volume 1 - Number 57



NEW FORMAT -
If you missed it, see PICTURE TO PONDER - ISSUE 56 for the discussion on the changes.

TODAY'S PHOTO -
a Lantana plant from a neighbor's garden.

In keeping with our practice of selecting a photo that brings you a "message" for the weekend, I chose this one representing the wish for you to have a bright weekend with fun, variety and fulfillment.

The several colors on one stem also acts as a completion to this week, where we started out, in Issue 53 with the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow flower with two purples and a white on a single stem.

As an exercise for the weekend, observe some of your experiences and pause from time to time to check how many different perspectives can you pull from just one experience. If they are not already such, I invite you to you transform them all into bright and empowering.

NEXT WEEK'S PHOTOS -
for those of you who might be getting bored with flower photos, I will move back into birds and other Nature shots. There is a beautiful wood duck in the new Green Cay Wetlands that has been waiting to visit with you.

READER COMMENTS - YESTERDAY'S PICTURE TO PONDER- Issue 56
"Exquisite! So delicate and so powerful!"

"Nature is absolutely amazing.  I never realized just how beautiful an hibiscus is, and I doubt that there are many in this world that have ever looked at an hibiscus in this degree of depth.  The camera does an amazing job of displaying the colors the color transitions, the patterns and the detail – it is absolutely gorgeous.  And yet, it occurs to me that if one continued to magnify the image, the beauty would probably be lost to the eye."

"Today's picture brings a sense of relaxation to me. Looking at the beauty and splendor of this hibiscus makes me think of the wonder of our Creator. If He could care so much about a flower, how much more does He care for us - created in His own image."

"I love the way the darker color fans out into the lighter, more delicate pink. I also get the feeling that the deeper color would feel like velvet to the touch. The inner part (pistil??? stamens? If you're going to keep presenting flowers, I may have to brush up on botany.) gives me the impression that a couple of finger taps would shower everything with "gold" dust. "


Thank you for sharing your experience of the photo with us

TELECLASSES AND OTHER PROGRAMS-
being offered by Friends of PICTURE TO PONDER.

MILLIONAIRES ONE BY ONE - last chance for a flat, nominal fee, through March 7th, to experience daily group coaching calls as often as you like for the life of the program. It is an exciting ongoing daily, Mastermind Group teleconference program, designed to aid you in achieving all of your goals.

I deeply appreciate the power of community and the contribution that this group, and it's leader, have made to my life. It is facilitated by my now, good friend and mentor, Julie Jordan Scott. Julie is an extraordinary person and, among other roles, facilitator of the teaching teleclasses course to which I have referred. I invite you to take a few minutes to scroll through her site and her programs

TELECLASS - MONDAY, March 7th
at 1:00 PM ET -
Tapping into the Transformative Power of Anger
offered by Adela Rubio, who states:

"Many of us were trained to believe that anger is a negative emotion.  It was something to be denied, suppressed, ignored. We were taught to hide it from others and also from ourselves. It wasn’t nice, it wasn’t good.
 
What if it held the seed of tremendous power? What if we approached emotions in general as e-motion – energy in motion? What if our bodies, in their immense intelligence, were trying to stir us into awareness? What if that ‘awareness’ was information about our Passion?.
"

See Other Teleclasses for more details.

"March Membership Madness" at Artella, which means anyone and everyone can enjoy a free Artella Membership in March. Marney Makridakis, site owner, is one of the most creative people I know. The members pages are filled with games, a variety of creative forms of expression, and discounts on courses. It's definitely worth checking out the benefits. Go to ARTELLA to sign up.

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Inspirationally,

Sheila
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