Stress Magic through Photography
Even if you can’t get away, you can ALWAYS enjoy the beauty of this planet through photography. Perhaps you’ll think of ideas to help you manage stress. Sit right where you are and relax for a few minutes. This is for you. If you are unable to travel, or unhappy in the place that you live, visualize these places and through your vision, travel perhaps, to a place in your dreams.
Breathe in deeply through the nose – Exhale slowly through the mouth. Please repeat and enjoy your added oxygen while you transport your mind via photography.
Take the path of least resistance. You never know what you may find. Take a walk with someone you love.
Enjoy the beauty of the flowers abundant in springtime. There are thousands of stunning flowers and fragrances! Every color and shape unique to another.
The stillness of any body of water brings calm to a mind overwhelmed with stress. Listen to the sounds of nature and stop for a moment. Go sailing. Sit by a lake and revel in the beauty.
Find a river and enjoy the majesty of nature and the diversity of it. Enjoy the moments of your life. Note all the various plants and trees. Divert your attention from stress to the less conflicted moment you can enjoy, and create, in life. Seek beauty in your surroundings. If in a city notice the amazing structures that climb to the sky and appreciate the work of humankind, and the diversity.
Take a child somewhere and watch the joy in their eyes as they feed the geese (or listen to the clucking hens, or see the animals in the zoo.) Enjoy the laughter and the wonder of a world new to them. The time flies so take your mind back to the honesty of being a child and the innocence.
Try something new. Be willing to “see if you like” – whatever it is you experience for the first time.
You may find a place you can sit quietly and let all the answers you seek be settled in peace in your mind. You may even find God.
Take a camping trip and see the awesome wonder of nature and maybe hearing the powerful sound of a beautiful waterfall. Feel the water droplets splash on your face as you near the spray of the falls.
Take the time to appreciate your pets. It doesn’t matter whether you are a dog or cat lover – animals are for man to appreciate and enjoy. Good vibrations (literally endorphins) are created when you “pet your pet”.
Grab a hot cup of coffee and enjoy the fresh snow and icicles that form from the roof. Smell the coffee and savor it’s taste – or hot chocolate, if you prefer.
And when the end of the day comes, stop again – find a quiet place and breathe deeply. Be still and regenerate your heart and mind. You deserve it!