This past week has revealed robins, blue birds and melting snow! Although the temperatures are more aligned with winter than spring, it feels like spring. While I love winter, I also love spring.
A few nights ago my youngest daughter, Molly, said, “Hey, I can still see the sun above the trees.” It was about 6:00 in the evening. We had gotten used to it being dark by then. Sure enough, though, now the sun is visible above the trees even at dinner time. I love this time of the evening when the light shifts somehow so that it feels almost magical outside. I love seeing the sun above the trees and know that it is an indication that the days really are getting longer. And I remember that in Truth, the sun has never stopped shining no matter what my own individual experience may have revealed.
Even as the snow melts, I remember that beneath the snow the plants are beginning to awaken. The crocuses are surely beginning to reach for the light. The perennials in my garden are surely eagerly awaiting the moment the sun first touches its small shoots. I know that as each of the plants wake up, the sleep of winter was a necessary part of the process. And I remember that like the plants, it is important for each of us to be still at times in order to rest, renew and respond with a fresh attitude.
As the first songbird scouts return, I remember that life expects the cycle of the seasons. While the exact timing may not follow the dates on the calendar, spring does arrive. Nature counts on it. And I remember that everything that is in my life is temporary. I can expect change and know that all that I need to be in that change is already present within me.
I celebrate spring…the renewal, the rebirth, the waking up. What a joy.
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