Insafu-Good Heart: F Wambura Blogs

Be in tune with this infinite flow. Nyandarua, Central Kenya Well, I’m not a long shower-soothing baths-swimming-diving kind of a person. I’m the just being near water kind. I can sit by the banks of a river, ocean shores (once in like forever) and just look/stare as I reflect on so many things. Since ancient times, humans have assigned healing and trans-formational properties to water. The water element is crucial to balancing the body and creating physical harmony. Rivers have long been seen as sacred places, and in a number of different spiritual contexts, water has symbolized rebirth, spiritual cleansing and salvation. Today, we still turn to water for a sense of calm and clarity. Not until recently when I was asked to describe a picture and what that moment meant to me did it dawn on me on the many times I have just sat near water and ... some of those moments are frozen in time, and I have shared them here. And this made me dig up and read about sev...

  “Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!” – C. Joybell C. December 31 2016 - Pretoria I love sunsets, and I have made it a habit, especially New Year’s Eve, to stop and just gaze at the fleeting beauty, the spectacle of colour painting the sky. Nature gives us free beauty, something to behold for a moment, making us in tune with our body, mind and soul. It can be the rain, a rainbow, water, stars, whatever the choice, be sure it will guarantee a sense of satisfaction that will endure as long as you last.   There are psychological effects that persist long after the sun has gone down. Studies show that appreciating natural beauty may boost well-being and enhance life satisfaction. To reap all the goodness a sunset has to offer, one has to drop everything and really notice the spectacular display in the sky, and really engage with the experience. 15th December 2016...