I
say that Summer is my favorite season because, as an always cold
person, I love the heat and not feeling cold for an entire season. But
the truth is, Spring is my favorite season because the tastes of warm
weather and everything blooming makes me excited to get up in the
morning as every day is literally bright and new. Things are warming
up, both physically in the outside world and mentally for most of us who
have now suffered through months of light deprivation. New beginnings
are all around.
As
I was talking to Little Buddha about the 2nd anniversary of my divorce (yes, I let the two year anniversary pass without so much as a blog post!),
I told her that year 1 was survival and year 2 was rebuilding -- so
what is year 3 is ?? It is a new feeling to look around and see that
what you used to view as devastation is now beginning to grow again and
is really wonderful - to literally reap the benefits of what has been
sown.
This beautiful analogy is compliments of Little Buddha:
It’s
like gardening, but in years. You plant a seed and you don’t even see
it grow for how long? Then it starts to grow a little. You may have a
bird, bug, animal come along and chew it or eat it, which is as
frustrating as it is depressing. You either try again with a new seed
or have something left so you try and repair it. You try different
things to keep the little buggers away. Then you may end up doing the
damage yourself. You may overwater, underwater… and you try again. You
may even give up and not care anymore so you just water here and there
and pay little attention to it. Finally one day you walk outside and
see this little thing coming out of the ground and you look at it in
amazement, but you still don’t focus too much on it for fear of being
disappointed again. You keep doing what you are doing and figure if it
grows, it grows. Again one day you go outside and wow, you see a little
blooming going on. It’s little moments like these that you are
reminded “oh my gosh, I love life”.
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