Wellbeing Wednesday: Appreciating the world around us - 30 January 2019
Wellbeing Wednesday Activity - Appreciating the world around us
This week we are talking about Appreciating the world around us.
This activity will encourage you to connect with your environment, take some time to appreciate nature, and give you an opportunity to reflect back on your experience.
The activity...:
Step 1: Take 5 mins to walk around your environment (by environment we mean where ever you are at the moment, or a place that where you feel comfortable). Look closely around you for things you may not have noticed before.
Step 2: Find something in your environment that really resonates with you- it might be somewhere you have found beauty, warmth or interest in something you haven't seen before, or it might be something that makes you smile.
Step 3: Take a photo of it and post it here, or write a description of what you have found in your environment and why you were drawn to that particular thing.
Guiding principles for this exercise:
1. Remember to stay anonymous- make sure that any photos can not be identified. Please don't post photos of people 
2. Make sure your photo or description is your own
3. Get creative and have fun!
For more Wellbeing Wednesday activities, check out this thread here
Comments
It may be Sunday but I guess it's never too late to share the beauty of the world around us 🙂
This was a picture that I took a few days ago as I was looking into the sunset outside my room and right at the moment I took the photo, two birds came flying into the sky! It was a pretty surreal moment for me 😄
Over the weekend, I did this activity at home. I came across this flower. What really stood out to me was how vibrant it is. Most years we don't get this level of colour in these flowers, so it was a real treat to see this flower thriving 
@Jess1-RO firstly that gif is AH-MAZING!!!! I can't help but stare at it!
So as one of my top strengths is the appreciation of beauty I really loved this exercise! I will admit I spent way more time than 5 minutes on this, I got so engrossed okay 😛
Firstly is this resilient little guy. We've had a lot of 40 degree days recently in the heat wave and all the flowers are either dead or very badly dehydrated. So I was quite amazed when I went to photograph some cacti and found this little guy in one of the hanging pots outside. Absolutely so pretty! Of course, I have no idea what flower it actually is 😛
In addition to this, I also found some small dandelions on some tall weeds. I have always loved the look of dandelions and have always wanted to photograph some, this is my second time around photographing them, so I thought I'd share these little ones with you all 🙂
Ps. I'm sorry this was so long but I absolutely couldn't choose between the two! Out of the 20 odd photos I took 
Gina; those trees and their shadows are AMAZING!
At first, I thought you wrote fringes and I'm like yeah I could see that one someone's head, and I just realised FINGERS
hahahaDoes anyone else have a photo to share or maybe an explanation about something that resonated with them lately?
haha fringes and fingers!!! @Bee 
@Saltwaterdreamtime - do you want to give this week's activity a go??
@Saltwaterdreamtime that beach looks sooo good! Hope surfing was enjoyable 🙂
The beach a couple of days ago when heading out for a surf
Those colours are so great @Saltwaterdreamtime. Love that.
Let us know if you decide to go on a "beauty hunting" walk again soon, and what you come across!
@Bee - such cool photos ! I love how you take such detailed, close- up shots. Stunning.
I went for a walk yesterday and saw these awesome trees - they remind me of long fingers, and the shadows they cast are so interesting. 🙂
looking forward to doing this tomorrow !! 🙂
love the idea @Jess1-RO
