Hope

Hope is like the sun, which as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burdens behind us.
Samuel Smiles (from Brainy quotes: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/hope)

 

Specs: 1/30 f 14, ISO 100...manual mode.

And no, this isn't one of my 3 % I discussed in yesterday's entry.  :)

 

Enough with the darn crocuses

 

Yes...I am a bit obsessed these days.  Why?  Because crocuses remind me of hope and we all need a little hope now and again.  I know I do. 

 

Though words are never adequate to explain Life, what beautiful message do these flowers speak of?

• "Keep reaching for the light." They constantly reach towards the sun even when they are hidden below earth and snow, even when skies are overcast with spring rain...they know the light is there and they reach toward it. We must remember that light is there even when we can not see it.
• "Nothing can keep you down for long."  These little guys were literally underneath 4 feet of snow.  They had to get through layers of earth, ice and pine needles to blossom.  Looking out at a wintery day, one would never guess the likelihood of these little guys overcoming such obstacles and they never doubted it. Their ingrained fortitude did not allow them to stay down.  If they can get through nature's obstacles we can get through our own.
• "We are all meant to blossom." These lovely little flowers add beauty and hope to the world.  That is why they are here.  And we are meant to blossom into our full potential so we can do the same.
• "Make the most of the moment you are in."  The life span of the crocus is very short. They emerge.  They blossom. They add beauty and hope and then they die. This is life for all of us.  Embrace the moment and revel in the beauty and magic of it, the sun and the rain, the joy and the pain...Let the things of this world   come and go gently into it and from it, just  as the crocuses do.

How lovely is that?

 

All is well in my world.