Page 29 - April 2021 Voices

The Tulips at Dawn

Emilie Taylor, DTM - Immediate Past District Director

going through our emotions. I was surrounded I was energized by the coldness and watching
by beauty that forced me to stop and think of the sun come out after dawn made me think of
how lucky I have been to live in this beautiful my future moving forward. I challenge you to do

country. something you haven’t done before and see what
It also awakened something in me. I need to treasures you will find. We did “tip toe between
be more focused and intentional with my life and the rows of tulips.” We did learn to appreciate
the direction I am heading. To be mister or miss our car heater when we returned. We did find out

cloudy day is a state of mind, or should I say a that they have balloon rides. . .well after 5 am and
state of mindlessness or buying in to the hypnosis we were too frozen and did not find out about
of the human mindset. Birds do not care about them until the next newscast where they were
a pandemic. They soar and sing on the wing. showing off inflating them—I guess another $25

We may be mindful of things but not have our ticket will be in order! Ah, a sunrise in a balloon
mind full of that which brings us down. Being above the tulips. . .
mindful of our intentions and where we want to Here is a picture for you to remind you to
go and what we want to be is worth considering cherish each new sunrise, whether it is rainy,

deeply. Take time with a cup of tea to reflect. cloudy, snowy or with skunks. Above the clouds
In our Toastmasters world, we have 2-1/2 there is the eternal sun bringing us light, life, and
months left before the end of the Toastmasters love. Now get out there and do something you
2020-2021 year. It has been pretty much a have not tried, mask up, get your shots, and be

pandemic year with club meetings virtually ready to take on a new sunrise!
online this whole time. Yet we find ways to make Back to you fellow Toastmasters.
our meetings exciting and lively. We learned to
experiment on how to present our speeches in

such a way that our energies are felt through the
computer screens and headphones! After all, it is
getting the message into minds and hearts that
makes a difference no matter how it is done.

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