Reflection of a YEAR!
Oh how another year has come and gone, and today I am in reflection.
Yes, another Birthday celebration!!!!
When I look back on the past year I have so many different emotions. I am truly blessed for a life surrounded by love, family and friendships. However my Birthday reflection is also a time to reflect on my journey measured against eternity, and my time on earth as a blink of an eye.
Years ago a popular slogan encouraged people to live each day as “the first day of the rest of your life.” As I am reflecting on this past year I believe it would be wiser to live each day as if it were the last day of your life!!!!
I hope you enjoy todays smallest blessings…
Look through the window and smile. Your smile is the window on your face to show your heart to others.
Take time to rest, your body will need the energy for later to continue your lifes journey.
Stop and smell the flowers and enjoy the beauty, they will be gone next week.
Take the path less chosen, because it was already paved for you by God.
Love your neighbor but more importantly love your enemies.
Open your heart to new experiences. You will grow deeper in love with life.
And as I blow out the candles (wow I may burn the house down) I wish the light of life touches each and everyone of you and burns bright for others to see.
What are your daily simple blessings?
Making today Great!
Renee
P.S. Thank you JoAnn Hymel for the most beautiful book by Jean-Loup Daraux in which these images came from and inspired me.
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unbelievable.
where oh where to you find these dreamy spaces??
xx
I wish you the happiest of birthdays, Renee!
A toast to new beginnings and my best wishes on all your endeavours! Beautiful post. xo
Your thoughts and photos are so inspirational and can only originate from someone who has a beautiful heart with a talent to match. Thanks for sharing.
Simply splendid. There are no other words, ladies. I’m going to get this book as a gift to all my girlfriends. xx’s
Wishing you a happy birthday!! This is a beautiful post…..and fitting for a great person and blogger!! Wishing you a wonderful day and year filled with much love and laughter.
Happy Birthday! Your images and thoughts were a gift to read. Wishing you a great year. Michele
Happy Birthday Renee! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. What beautiful images and thoughts to inspire. A truly lovely post.
Dreamy images, Renee. Have a fantastic birthday weekend. Best…Victoria
Happy Birthday to you!
Christina
greige
what a beautiful outlook on life…
yes, I too like to take time and
reflect on all of life’s blessings..
and what beautiful images…
best,
maureen
Happy Birthday, Renee!
What an inspiring post… and well thought out. Your wishes for us all are what I strive for.
My daily blessings are my beautiful family and my home and garden, where I see evidence of God everywhere I look.
What a beautiful and inspiring post to celebrate your birthday. Hope it is wonderful!!
This is one of the blessings that I enjoy daily. Being inspired by wonderful friends like you. A very beautiful and fitting post. Happy Birthday, Renee. Mona
Gorgeous and moving photos…..am ordering the book post-haste!
Thank you!!
Dear Renee,
Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays and blessings for a wonderful year ahead!
Your post is such a beautiful and inspiring collection of words and photos…thank you for sharing your gift.
xx
Debbie
Hi Renee, This is the most beautiful of posts. Thank you for realigning my thoughts. I have been working on being present for the moments of life for many years, and gratitude is what rushes up to greet me. Many blessing for a wonderful birthday filled with love. Thank you, again, for this wonderful post. Mary
This beautiful post reflects the beautiful person that you most certainly are. May God richly bless you on your birthday today and in the coming year.
Dawne
Beautiful pictures and even more beautiful words. I hope you had a wonderful birthday! x Sharon
Love this post. Wishing you a very happy birthday and a year filled with love and happiness.
Leeann x
Happy Birthday, love the picture with all the candles. Hope you did something fun for your birthday! Laura Cottage and Broome
I join all the other comments of your sharing. Thank you to awaking me eyes to
what is around me this morning. It prepared me for church service as well.
Blessing for your birthday and all the ones to come!
Renee, Happy Birthday!!
Enjoy each and every moment.
xx
callie
Happy Birthday Renee! What lovely gardens you’ve featured here with your thoughts. I hope you had a delightful day and a wonderful year to come.
I hope you had a wonderful Birthday Renee!
You shared pictures of my favorite garden!
These are the images we were looking at when we designed the gardens of Patina Farm.
xo xo
Brooke
Renee,
I hope your birthday was wonderful. I love all the images and the sentiments you captured. When we come to the father first, he extends his grace to us!
xo
Beautifully inspiring blog! I knew I would love your pictures and thoughts the moment I read the name Under The Spanish Moss. A very Happy Birthday to you!
Angela
Lovely birthday message! Beeeeaauuutiful images.
The most beautiful images! Calm and restful! Just simply wonderful!
Gives me a good start to the week!
Thank you Renee and Angela for sharing.
Best wishes to you for the week and warmest greetings,
karin
Happy Birthday wonderful Renee!
I hope you were treated royally!
YOU and Angela are blessings to so many of us. You bring so much warmth, inspiration and loveliness to all of us in blog land.
Warm hugs,
Mon
P.S I really should have been here on your actual birthday but I had no time for blogging last week… But the hug that is coming today is filled with even more good energy and warm thoughts!
Happy Birthday, Renee! I wish you a perfect day!
I love this images. So beautiful, and the words are beautiful too.
Teresa
xoxo
I almost missed wishing you a very Happy Birthday Renee, I hope it was a wonderful day for you. I wish you many more years filled with happiness!
Hugs!
Debra
I love those photos, but I love more your words. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RENEE! and may God grant you more.
Best wishes!
Happy, Happy Birthday, Renee! I hope your day was beautiful!
Happy Birthday! These photos are so lovely – I wish I lived there.
I hope this year brings you many happy surprises and beautiful days.
Jennelise
Happy Birthday Renee! What a beautiful post! Heather
Happy Birthday!
What an inspiring post and beautiful images!
Best wishes to you!
Laura
Happy, Happy!! Lovely quotes and images.
Big hugs~
T
happy birthday renee! you are a lovely person inside and out.
my ‘life quote’ is leap and the net will appear. i do not want to spend this life wishing and regretting, just doing
thanks for the reminder
xo
debra
Happy Birthday, Renee!!! You share a birthday with my son (the one I took the break for) and so I will always remember you on that day!
Wishing you all that you give and more!!!
Big hugs!
xoxo Elizabeth
Renee,
Sorry I missed this post initially! I hope your birthday was a wonderful day. Thank you for such beautiful images and quotes today. I think the hardest to do is love one’s enemies. May your coming year be blessed with beauty and love,
Happy Days,
Amy
Happy Birthday Renee!! Thank you for your beautiful images and words… it’s easy to forget to live in the moment and to be grateful for simple blessings in our lives. I hope you had a wonderful day!
Much love,
Desiree
Renee – Wishing you a year full of goodness and happiness beyond your wildest dreams.
Your candle and light has brightened our lives. I raise my glass to many more sparks.
Helen Tilston
Happy belated birthday Renee….and thank you for the beautiful images you shower upon us….as always divine and inspirational…..xv
So beautiful. Lovely images and words that move my heart. That first photo has me in awe.
Happy birthday to you! Lovely images.
Sorry I am late in wishing you a Happy Birthday…you deserve to be surrounded by love and beauty. Thank you for sharing your energy, creativity and amazing blog with us!
Trinidad
Somehow I missed this too. Many Happy Returns!
Renee, Happy Birthday!! Glorious images, you have made my day!!
Very fortunate to have such special friends and family!
I hope you will visit and let me know what you think of my Autumn décor so far.
Xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Well, I’m just hoping you’re not sick or anything like that, you haven’t been blogging for some time, hoping you girls are just extremely busy.
Miss you!
XXX Ido
I LOVE all of those sayings…and hope your day was special
We miss you girls!!
xx
Greet
Hi girls, just to say that your absence has not gone un-noticed, you have always been so generous leaving comments that many of us are missing you!
Hope all is well and you’re just enjoying a well earned break
x
Sharon
Hi girls….really hope all is OK over there! I actually included a blurp about you and your absence on my post which got a ton of attention, many are missing you! Please if you get this maybe just a quick sentence update to let us know here that you are fine! Hopefully just really busy:)
Thinking of you.
What wonderful words and images….
Miss you!! hope all is okay??
xx
callie
Missing you and hoping everything is ok. Also, wishing you a wonderful holiday! ~Delores