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Slow Down for Beauty: Loveliness in a Hectic World

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A family of five sit together on a rocky surface

Slow Down for Beauty: Loveliness in a Hectic World

A man kisses his wife on a bare rock mountain
A man caresses his wife's face on a  bare rock mountain.

The world moves so fast. 

The internet is instant (hello, here we are on the internet). Our kids' schedules are slammed. We think about their college careers as they toddle through preschool. Our cars are fast, our streaming is fast, and on and on and on.

Eventually it all blurs together.

Sometimes I stop and ask myself: am I even noticing where I'm standing? Am I seeing my surroundings? 

What am I missing in my hurry?

A young girl holds her little sister
A family of five sit together on a rocky surface
A young girl dances on a rock surface/
A father lifts his young laughing son above his head
Three children embrace each other

Sessions like this one make me slow down and marvel at beauty: 

A mother and her children.

A dad loving his family.

A lilac sky hanging low over a bare rock mountain.

Innocence.

A family of five play together on a mountainside
A mother and daughter stand back to back holding hands

I want to encourage all of us to notice the beauty. 

Slow down and settle into lovely things. 

Beauty is valuable. Beauty reminds us to hope, to help one another, to value the world and the people who live in it. 

Beauty for beauty's sake is a gift, here simply to bring delight. Beauty invites us to stop and be human.

A young girl holds her little sister's hand
A family of five help each other explore a rocky surface.
A father stands and looks at his family of five
A mother sits on the ground with her three children around her
A mother holds her smiling daughter and kisses her cheek
A family of five play together on a rocky mountainside
A father holds his daughters playfully on a rocky mountain

So slow down and enjoy the beauty. 

Look through beautiful pictures. Watch your kids play. Garden and dig your fingernails into the dirt.

In busy or discouraging seasons, take a breath and look for the loveliness.

In black and white a mother cradles her son
A mother holds her two daughters close in the sunlight
A mother dances with her daughter on a rocky mountainside
A mother cradles her daughter's head in her lap
A family of five sit together on a rocky ledge
A mother and daughter smile and hold hands
A mother holds her daughters' hands as they walk across a rocky surface
In black and white a mother kisses her smiling daughter
A mother holds her daughters' hands as they walk across a rocky surface
A laughing father holds his young son
A family of five stand close together on a rocky mountainside
A woman in a floral dress smiles at something off screen
A family of five stand close together on a rocky mountainside
A family of five sit together on a rocky surface
In black and white, a mother holds her son with her family in the background.
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