JOURNEYS THROUGH LIFE

Ever go somewhere without leaving where you were? Well sit back, get comfortable, and open your mind to JOURNEYS - my little corner of the world. I'm Dave, a free-spirited freelancer, and I enjoy experiencing life and being open to the moment.

March 29, 2005

"Okay, if I keep . . . "

      this Christmas story up any longer, there will be no point in taking it down!

Thanks to all who stopped in on this page from time to time wondering if it would ever change - know that it has never been far from my mind. <s>

Summer is coming! I know that that may be hard to understand with some folks still ankle-deep in snow, but it is on its way. Here in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve had to mow my lawn four times already, much to my New England-based mother’s chagrin. The tulips are up and gulping down water, the Rhodies are starting to peek out now, and I noticed just today that the lilacs are going to smell terrific when the whole tree is dressed in lavender. Nature is getting my attention. She’s making sure that I’m looking at her when all this is happening. I don’t think she intends for us to watch every flower bloom, or every snowflake melt into a dewdrop. I think she just likes to remind us that she’s there, and to surprise us when we’re not paying attention.

How odd it is then, that we can detect the first minute changes of the seasons, and miss everything that follows. Sure, we have come to expect the cyclical soundings of the symphony of seasons. We know generally when we might hear them. But the parts and pieces that make up what we know of Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall are so numerous that it seems impossible to track each individual shift from one stage to the next. The subtlety is almost magic - we note the first few falling snowflakes in late autumn, but don’t miss one or two until the entire snow bank is gone come Spring. A sunflower poking one inch out of the ground is greeted eagerly, and before long it is growing faster than a teenager and towering above all else. Nature has a way of taking care of everything in between, and if you blink, you may never see it.

So, with that in mind, go out into your yard, your local park, or some little place that you know of where you can see Nature every day. Mark the changes. Watch her work, for some things she’ll only do once, and you won’t want to miss them.

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