Very soon this will all have a different kind of beauty, one with a colder, harsher edge, but it will be no less beautiful; just changing the landscape as we slip slowly and almost too soon into the coming season, which has been trying to push ahead earlier than desired, really. But, as the earth needs the changing seasons, so do we; and sometimes the landscape of our soul mimics physical change, altering our perception and changing us in ways we may not truly see until such seasons pass.

Words (& Images): © 2018 Rosie Chee

Photographer: Rosie Chee

There is nothing like seeing the sun rise above the ocean; especially in New Zealand, and in summer. With streaks of pastel leaking across the sky, the reflection of the clouds and their marvelous colour on the water streaked sands, you could almost believe you were in either fairy tale or painting. Pinks giving way to glorious crimsons and reds, flecks of gold reach down to the shimmering blue of the ocean, the foam on the waves like frothy light frosting finishing off an already perfect look is pure paradise.

Even better is the sound of the waves in their roll and crash, hearing the thunder, watching the swells as they create lines of beauty. Some complete, while others slide down into the stillness and form again at another point. They look so calm, sound so calm, so small, when in reality they could topple you in a heartbeat, hidden rips and undercurrents pulling you back with them and sweeping you out into the beautiful blue deep.


Something about them transports you to another place, a realm of rejuvenation and healing energy for a tired soul that has been drifting with seemingly no direction, like one of the waves themselves, from place to place, touching shores and cultures, always coming and going and never staying, always changing.  Peace is found in the gentle wind breathing salt air as the ocean caresses your skin, tension slipping through the soles of your feet as you feel the sand sink beneath you with the pull of the tide.


Close your eyes and empty your mind of everything but the feeling, the sensations, and embrace the gentle quiet stirring inside, whispering of dreams and flickers of hope like the brightening of the sky above you. There is a desire to stay there, in that place, in that peace, a wish to be able to lock yourself inside a glass bubble in that ocean, on those sands, for a lifetime, where your soul is nothing but light, in tune with the universe and every vibration of love.


But nothing lasts forever. Not even the sunrise. The magic of that magic gives way to the bright light of day, blinding beams as you open your eyes to the ocean. The ocean does not change, the effervescent blue still real and perfect, a reminder that there is heaven in everything, perfection even when perfection seems to have passed. It enables hope to stay as you turn from the horizon and leave the ocean’s arms for the way beyond the sand.


Words: © 2018 Rosie Chee

Photographer: Rosie Chee

This is where my heart

belongs: here, with the crashing
waves; home in this calm.

Haiku © 2018 Rosie Chee

Photographer: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

There is hope at the start of every dawn. Light spreading its way through the world and your heart. Faith infused in your soul believing in the future. Gratitude overflowing from that deep and secret place inside so far down no one else can see it. For what you have been given. A new day. Another chance. A fresh start... Let the hope that rises with the sun stay with you far after the sun has set. Let it linger in the depths of your soul. Let it surprise you with its joy. Let the quiet comfort it affords breathe calmness in your spirit. Let it help your mind relax. Let it keep the light of life alive inside... Use the new day that you have been given. To do all that you can. Leave nothing on the table. Give it everything you’ve got. Be thankful for everything He has blessed you with. Be thankful for everything He has given back that was taken away. Be thankful that you took the risk and flew. Now fly higher than you ever have before!

© Rosie Chee

Photographer: Rosie Chee

Be like that rock. Withstand everything that comes at you with unyielding determination, strong in your foundation, yet knowing what to let pass over and by. Be like the ocean. With depths and layers that only the bravest of souls dare traverse, calm but deadly, as much chaos as it is beauty. Be like whatever you will. Without restriction of freedom and passion, an abundance of enthusiasm for life as you openly embrace and experience the endless wonder that it is.

© Rosie Chee

Photo by: Rosie Chee

We really do make
the things we want work out one
way or another

Haiku © 2017 Rosie Chee

Photo by: Dominique Vien

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


DREAM IMAGINE CREATE


Dream at every age and in every aspect of life. Let your imagination run rampant and colourful without reservation. Pour your soul into your life and create fantasies in your reality. Always share the mad genius that dwells inside your mind. When you give yourself permission to just be YOU and infuse your heart into everything you do, wherever you go, with whomever you are with, you inspire simply by the passion of your soul and the energy that it radiates.


What would life be without that passion? Passion to dream and imagine, create and share that which is most precious and dear to us. Passion inspires the soul to live, to want to live and can give reason to go on when one might want to stop. Passion reminds us WHY the freedom and beauty of life and love can be worth the effort such desires place in us. Passion evokes emotion, longing to express and feel safe wherever it is placed or found.


One cannot dream withOUT passion. There is no creativity without excitement and desire to make a change in the world, a difference even to a single soul. There is nothing less than bold where passion is concerned and nothing less than bold will be the vibrant energy that captivates to inspire, for it will be felt before it is seen, and when it is seen, it can change everything. So let your imagination run wild, the way you ran as a child along the beach and know that you are as endless as the universe.


© Rosie Chee




Photo by: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


The older I get, the less I want to regret. I want to live now: Fully, completely, wildly, without reservation, knowing I lived each day as best I could. That's living. And life is meant to be lived. 100%.


© 2015 Rosie Chee

Photo by: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


SOUL SONG


The ocean calls to me ... home ... a song I can't resist ... longing etched deep in my bones ... this is where I belong ... where I have always belonged ... it just took being away for so long to truly realize and understand ... the ocean is like me ... it is soul ...


© 2015 Rosie Chee



Photo by: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY


OPPOSITES

There's something beautiful
about sunrises and sunsets -
art, poetry, emotion,
beginning and end,
new breath and gentle release,
night to dawn to day to dusk to night,
subtle shift in colours
and landscape...


© 2015 Rosie Chee





Photo by: Rosie Chee

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

PARADISE


Heaven is not about a place. Home is not about a place. It never has been or ever will be. It is about what makes your soul sing, where it rests in complete peace, moments and memories, connections and companionship that give your heart a smile. It is where you are at ease, like you have always belonged in the landscape you stand in, the natural beauty of the essence around you amplifying the soul within.


© 2015 Rosie Chee



Photo by: Rosie Chee