Posts - KAREN HESSLER

Here is a photo of an everyday banal object, a wooden table.

This table, with all its scratches, discolorations, and flaws, is the table I use when I write everything…my journal entries, my thoughts and dreams and prayers, my poetry, the gift cards I make, the bills I pay, the hand lettering I practice. It’s where my son did his homework every night. It’s where he spilled paint while doing a school project.

This table is filled with marks and scratches, each telling a story. This table is embedded with history. If you cut into the wood, you would find memories so deep it would take your breath away.

This table has quietly served me without recognition for so long…but today I want you to know it has provided so much more than a place for eating meals.

This table holds and supports the essence of my life.

If you’re looking for uplifting messages, encouraging words, and inspirational poetry, you’ve come to the right place.

Hi, I’m Karen Hessler, a poet and writer from south Louisiana. I live a quiet life surrounded by the beauty of nature. This beauty has helped me keep my spirits up during these long days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and through the terrible tragedies happening almost daily, locally as well as nationally and globally.

There is healing power in the beauty of nature. I call it “God’s art.” And guess what? You don’t have to go far to find this beauty. It is as close as your own backyard!

Look up, what do you see? Just notice…a blue sky is always nice, but storm clouds contain their own form of beauty. Shape shifting clouds are works of art. Look down, what is there? A blade of grass, a wild flower, a chunk of dirt, all part of the earth…a leaf, a bug, maybe a feather or a four-leaf clover.

What do you hear? Birds singing? Dogs barking? Maybe people talking, horns blowing, hammers pounding. Just notice.

Your perception of beauty will grow. Your ability to see beauty will expand. Your noticing skills will increase.

Suddenly you will see beauty everywhere. The ordinary will become extraordinary. The simple becomes profound.

And YOU will change. Your heart will expand. When you begin noticing and appreciating the beauty all around, you will grow… because BEAUTY GROWS. And you ARE beauty.

YOU ARE BEAUTY!

Keep blooming, my friend.

God bless you. ❤️