We read poetry to cleanse our soul, attend art exhibits to rekindle our imagination, listen to music to expand our minds, and we confront nature as it is in order to see fully, “He who would live elegantly is a friend of the four seasons in their natural state” (Basho). We also do not have to venture very far - all the photos you see in this post were taken within a five mile radius of my home.

We do not pine for what is not there, we recognize that the lack of beauty is an error within.

We open our internal aperture, adjust our focus, and in a snap, abolish our voluntary blindness.

How we see, what we see, is who we are.

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This post is a continuation of a series I started writing about living with less stress (a series with the lofty but apt title Toward an Elegant Order), previous installments are: How We Life, How We Wake, How We Move (Embracing the Gentle Art of Slowing Down), How We See (The View Within) and this post, How We See (The View Without).

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