Seek Not Afar For Beauty

Sometimes we seek beauty in faraway places and happiness in future days. But beauty and happiness are all around us if only we stop to notice. Background music: Meditation by amadasounds via Envato 01/24. Photo by Frantisek Duris on Unsplash

Transcript

Dear friends,

Sometimes we seek happiness in the future days and beauty in far-off places.

Places where the distant hills are always green and where the skies are always blue.

This ever-elusive place that you could call if-only land.

If only we had this or that.

If only we were somewhere else.

So many if-onlys.

A hymn written more than a hundred years ago,

By Minot Judson Savage,

Reminds us that beauty and happiness are all about us.

Seek not afar for beauty,

Lo it glows,

In dew-wet grasses all about thy feet,

In birds,

In sunshine,

Childish faces sweet,

In stars and mountain summits topped with snows.

Go not abroad for happiness,

For see it is a flower blooming at thy door.

Bring love and justice home,

And then no more Thou wilt wonder in what dwelling joy may be.

Dream not of noble service elsewhere wrought.

The simple duty that awaits thy hand is God's voice uttering divine command.

Life's common deeds build all that saints have taught.

In wonder-workings or some bush aflame,

Men look for God and fancy him concealed.

But in earth's common things he stands revealed,

While grass and flowers and stars spell out his name.

Namaste.

Reviews

Wow, thank you! I just found these words/lyrics (Minot J. Savage: Seek Not Afar for Beauty) and read along with you. "...it glows in dew-wet grasses all about thy feet; in birds, in sunshine, childish faces sweet..." Blessings, Namaste 🙏

Beauty is really all around you if you just slow down, stop and look. Beautiful poem Tony. Thank you.

Dear Tony
I wonder if the ‘what if’s’ are a normal part of the human pysche and maybe are for day dream times.
Reality always brings us back to earth and the natural beauty around us is the balm.
Go raibh maith agat for another time to reflect.
🌿🌺🌿

Beautiful thank you 🙏
Reminds me of Rumi “What you seek, is seeking you “

Thank you Tony, I cherish so many of your pieces.

Beautiful, a poetic reminder to appreciate all we have right now.