I woke up to a dark and rainy morning. Rather than complain about it, I browsed through the online gallery for the digital art display on my dining room wall and picked a suitably dark and dramatic wilderness image, with steep rocky cliffs and fog. It made me feel like a Tolkien character about to set out on a quest. There is no photo of it for this post because the colors didn’t look right when I tried to take one; so instead, I’m posting a simple piece of word-art as a reminder that even on an ordinary wet spring day, there’s always something fun to be found, and it’s good to have fun!
Just because we are grown up, that doesn’t mean our imaginary quests are childish or silly. We need them for the same reasons as when we were little kids reading storybooks—to nurture our imagination and expand our perspective on the world. Our ancestors understood this when, in ancient times, they regularly held elaborate ceremonies and made drama and ritual a central part of their lives. Nowadays, although we have many more options for exercising our imagination, we often lack the rituals that reminded our ancestors of its importance, so we need to give ourselves little reminders every now and again.
Nurturing Thursday was started by Becca Givens and seeks to “give this planet a much needed shot of fun, support and positive energy.” Visit her site to find more Nurturing Thursday posts and a list of frequent contributors.
yes, there’s always something fun to be found 🙂 cheers <3
Thanks much — hope you enjoy your quests too!
This is great! Love how you decided to embrace the idea of gong on a quest like Tolkien’s character instead of moaning about the foggy day. I have to remember that! I hope your quest was great! Did you jump in some puddles! 🙂
It wasn’t raining enough for puddles, mostly just damp and foggy. But I’m sure hobbits would’ve loved jumping in puddles with those big bare feet of theirs, even in the middle of a quest! 🙂
The beauty is in the eyes of the viewer , so it’s up to us to find beauty. Digital art display! this is new, I new a digital photo display, but an art one, should be nice.
Yes, it was a lovely Christmas present, I’m enjoying it a lot!
Wonderful attitude to turn any thing around! Thank you for adding to Nurturing Thursday! 😉
Hi Becca, yes, it turned the day around nicely. 🙂