Wellness

TINY RIPPLES, MOMENTS & SPARKS

This beautiful carnivorous plant Drosera sp. (Droseraceae) catches insects with the sticky dew drops on the leaf hairs.

by CameliaTWU. “Deadly dew.” Sundew, Drosera sp. (Droseraceae), insectivorous plant.

Tiny things can have their own special beauty. They can call for more intricacy and intimacy. They can be simple. They can be hard to see. They might require extra patience or attention. They might be best experienced in quiet or solitude. They can be subtle or intense.

From poets, like William Blake, in his poem, "Auguries of Innocence," to authors, like Cheryl Strayed in her book “Tiny Beautiful Things,” songwriters like Elton John in “Tiny Dancer,” to Robert F. Kennedy in his tiny ripple of hope speech, tiny things can inspire greatness. Tiny things can be oh so powerful in the experiences they deliver.

We’ve gathered images and ideas about tiny beauty to share with you. Check them out below.

People walking under the arches at Arches National Park. Utah. “Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”

-- Neil Gaiman

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour”

-- William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence"

Evening glows on rainy cobblestone street in France.

“I love discovering tiny streets.”

-- Michelle Dockery

Stunning Bridal Veil Falls Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along Lake Superior.

“It is usual that little streams put their mouths into big rivers. Most rivers can also be traced to the big sea. The fact that you start with a small choice does not mean you will be on that narrow road forever.”

― Israelmore Ayivor, “Dream Big!: See Your Bigger Picture!”

Water trickles off a mossy ledge.

“Life is a series of thousands of tiny miracles.”

-- Mike Greenberg

Red autumn leaves and white birch tree trunks reflect in rippled water. .

“Send forth a tiny ripple of hope.”

-- Robert F. Kennedy

Blue tent glows as people camp out under the stars.

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

-- Gustave Flaubert

Green bacteria as seen through an electron microscope.

“We are all of us walking communities of bacteria.

The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape

made of tiny living beings.”

-- Lynn Margulis

Delicate snowflake seen through a macro-photography lens shows its unique crystalline beauty.

“Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.”

-- Wilson Bentley

Beautiful leaves of orange, yellow, and green reflected in a rippled pond.

“Life is a bubble in a lake, that glitters for an instant, bursts, and leaves not even a blur on the water; it is the leap of a minnow, which sends a tiny ripple trembling for a few inches.”

-- Austin O'Malley

Tiny baby bunny rabbit eats purple clover flower as it nestles in a hand.

Read more about Tiny Beautiful Things in 10 Tiny Beautiful Countries to Visit Now.

And check out more beautiful things happening now in BN Mind/Body, Soul/Impact, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Arts/Design, and Place/Time, Daily Fix posts.

Hummingbird beats its wings as it sips nectarlr from a flower.

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Seven rocks stacked in the sand.

IMAGE CREDITS:

Image: by CameliaTWU. “Deadly dew.” Sundew, Drosera sp. (Droseraceae), insectivorous plant.
Image: by Quinn Dombrowski. “Tiny People.”
Image: by Bob Peterson. “Blue Curls Flower (profile).”
Image: by Damien Pollet. “Cordes-sur-Ciel.”
Image: by Mike Osswald. “Bridal Veil Falls, Lake Superior, Michigan.”
Image: by Tanu Anand. “Trickle.”
Image: by Stanley Zimny. “Autumn Tree Ripples.”
Image: by Miquel González Page. “Pedacito de luna / Une petite pièce de lune / A little piece of moon.” Encamp, Andorra.
Image: “Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacterium.” Courtesy of NIAID.
Image: by Alexey Kljatov. “Snowflake.” (explore)
Image: by Stanley Zimny. “Season Ripples.”
Image: by julochka. “You can call me clover.”
Image: by Nathan Rupert. “Hummingbird at the Zoo.”
Image: by PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE. “PhotonQ-Equilibrium in Stone.”