As I awoke today I felt a lightness in my being, a feeling that I have not felt in quite sometime. Maybe it is the warmth of the sun coaxing the spring buds into bloom. Perhaps it is the sound of birds calling out to their mates in a serenade of new life. Or it just might be the fact that I have chosen to open my wings again and to rebuild my garden after the ravages of the long hard winter.
Now don't get me wrong, I love the winter and in its own way it has a special place in my heart; for it is in the internment of winter that our energies are given rest and our souls can sleep in that special cocoon woven from the threads of past encounters. But it is the spring that tells us it is OK to awake and arise, and to begin the process again, one more time.
I'm still a little shaky, as my winter limbs are not just ready for the challenge, but they will catch up in time; they have no choice but to join in. There is a saying that the older the tree the more stable its roots and the more branches it can produce. So this year, this spring, I have found that I have been given an abundance of growth that I must nourish if I would have it bloom; So many songs to sing that I don't know where to start and so much energy that I must share it or be consumed by it.
Our new garden lies before us and as we walk though its fragrant blossoms and fruited branches let us remember that they are only here because we have grown them; and they are here to share or they will fall to the ground wasted. With all that is going on around us everyday it is easy to get lost in life's underbrush. We can become separated from the reality. But if we just concentrate on the basics and stay within the parameters the path we have laid will eventually lead us to the other side, the successful conclusion and another harvest.
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