Picture a perfect day trip: You are riding in the passenger seat. The window is down and a just-right-temperature breeze is flowing through your hair. Winding down country roads, the sun is shining and birds offer sweet notes of song as you pass by. May flowers are in full bloom, delighting your eyes with a kaleidoscope of colors, and a hint of their soft fragrance is in the air. No schedule to keep, no one to meet, just you and your driver (fill in your favorite) enjoying the day and whatever comes your way.
Call in to work for a mental health day and take the time this month to plan a refreshing day trip. Would your day include a stop for lunch or gas station snacks? Or perhaps you would prefer a trip to your city’s botanical garden? Below you will find a video and two slideshows to encourage you to embrace the splendor of May flowers!
🌸Please note: key links are to a page. Often, but not always, I place new features at the top. You might need to take a little scroll to find the features mentioned here. Enjoy the journey; you may just discover the perfect encouragement your heart needs!🌼
Celebrate the Seasons!
Flower Quotes bring a fresh perspective to the simple flower. May we never take their beauty for granted!
Refresh presents Calm Cinema’s May Flowers
All those April showers did indeed deliver us a bounty of May flowers! In this video of a little less than 3 minutes, you can smooth your frazzle with a little floral dazzle!
Teawater’s Just Be 3 by 3
The “333 Rule” helps deal with stress and anxiety by practicing mindfulness. To stop and notice what you see, touch, and hear calms your mind and emotions.
This Mindful Caravan version is a tweak on that process. Use it to take breaks during the day, whether or not you are feeling anxious. This 3 by 3 method encourages being in the moment mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Did you read The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett as a child? Perhaps it is time to enjoy it again as an adult:
“What was this under her hands which was square and made of iron and which her fingers found a hole in?
It was the lock of the door which had been closed ten years and she put her hand in her pocket, drew out the key and found it fitted the keyhole. She put the key in and turned it. It took two hands to do it, but it did turn.
And then she took a long breath and looked behind her up the long walk to see if any one was coming. No one was coming. No one ever did come, it seemed, and she took another long breath, because she could not help it, and she held back the swinging curtain of ivy and pushed back the door which opened slowly–slowly.
Then she slipped through it, and shut it behind her, and stood with her back against it, looking about her and breathing quite fast with excitement, and wonder, and delight. She was standing inside the secret garden.”
What delights await you in a garden?
May Bonus: Mindful Caravan’s Happy Song of the Month!
“The Rain The Park And Other Things” by The Cowsills, 1967
[Jesus said] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.” John 15:1
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