when you walk the same roads every day for several months
you see the world turn.
you see the story of Seasons unfold,
and it amazes you how quickly it cycles.
suddenly that tree whose bare and curlicued silhouette I have admired since November
is dropping sweet-smelling pinkish petals.
today I think
that God invented this storycycle to show us something magical:
the remembering of what we thought was obvious.
"Oh!
The grass is green!"
"Oh!
The sky is blue!"
"Oh! The trees have leaves!"
Statements that are taken as classic examples of the ridiculously obvious...
become new emotional realizations,
and I am forced to laugh at myself
and to remember that the obvious
is not.
Obvious, that is.
The sensation is delicious, the warmth in the air and the suddenly-green patches of ground, and the purple-flowered trees.
So many "obvious" things He has to remind me of all the time
All the time.
And so the globe keeps turning
and I trip along
walking to work on the same two roads.
4 comments:
Isn't Spring wonderful?
Well the barnyard is ready in a regular tizzy and..da...uh, er er er...haha...
how i miss you today especially. but i loved this post. sometimes i wonder if winter is a time to hibernate and spring allows us to stretch out our arms and energize us with new and great readiness for whatever life throws our way.
did you get your package yet?
love you foreva, always be yourself,
mel
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful! Spring-time is so wonderful! I am a little jealous though. It was -11C here this morning and we still have a lot of snow!
Where are you, Spring???
i miss you a lot today.
i miss you and want to write a novel to you soon.
i hope to talk to you on the phone soon.
i really miss ya pal...
and the archos and room six for that matter.
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