A Postcard Moment of Zen

A Postcard Moment of Zen

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle.
No need to be anyone but yourself.

Virginia Woolf

I saw that statement by Virginia Woolf this morning on Inspiring Quotes. Seeing it prompted me to walk away from war coverage TV for a few minutes and look at a set of recently arrived postcards. That act alone gave me a moment to pause. Breathe. A moment of zen. There’s no one unifying theme here except that the cards slowed me down.

There is something particular about postcards (and letters) from others. It’s a message that we’re all in this together. Take a little stroll with me and enjoy some pretty postcards for a few minutes. No hurry. No need to sparkle. Just be yourself. Unless you can be a unicorn; then be a unicorn.

A small Blue Marble in the vastness of space (Rachel)
A Killdeer in Calgary (Maggie)
A Ulysses Butterfly in Queensland (Jill)
A field of Irises from Immersive Van Gogh (Tammi)
A Bridge Over Untroubled Water (Kristen)
A Fannie Lou Hamer image (Postcards By Lisa)
An art piece called Approaching Circumstance by Clarence Morgan (Justin)
Year of the Tiger with my name written in Japanese (Teresa)
Handmade Valentine (Katrinka)
A delimiter strip can make all the difference (Nikita)
And always have a tea. (Teas tasted tested by Nikita)

5 comments on A Postcard Moment of Zen

  1. Georgie Stone says:

    Thanks for the pause, Frank.

    1. Frank says:

      Nice to look at them as a collection. Thank you!

  2. Ana says:

    What a nice selection! Nature, an embrace, good thoughts, birds, details, art, a cup of tea and love that binds them together. Perfect timing for this one.

  3. Teresa Edmunds says:

    These are wonderful postcards! And thank you for highlighting mine. I just received a very cool postcard yesterday from you! It really brightened my day.☀️ Thank you for being my postcard buddy.

    1. Frank says:

      Those postcards are happiness inducing! Glad to be your postcard buddy, too!

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