Happy Easter Weekend
April 11, 2009 – 8:36 am
Amaryllis in bloom
A wise woman reminded me earlier this week that Easter is always set as the 40th day after the first Tuesday following the Equinox. Which just goes to show you that for millennia, man has looked at nature in order to understand a higher order of things. However you choose to approach this weekend, be it in church or temple, facing West or simply sitting in your garden, I hope you take a moment to reflect on the beautiful nature of life.
Life in all its wonderful forms is still a miraculous thing. However we attempt to manipulate its creation in a lab, we still cannot produce life from nothing. We need something living to start the process. Be it a seed, or a cell or raw elements, we cannot create what is not already possible. I, for one, find that comforting. That awareness allows me something bigger on which to hang my hat. It reassures me that I am not the center of the universe, nor am I responsible to hold up the world. I am simply here to marvel at Life’s miraculous nature and to take my part in its processes.
This weekend, I hope you will take a moment to enjoy the gifts of life all around you: ancient trees and acorns, Grandparents holding babies, raw earth waiting to be planted, rain feeding rivers, dogs that make us laugh, friends reaching out to help friends.
Happy Day,
2 Responses to “Happy Easter Weekend”
Isn’t it AMAZING how smart we get as move through our stages of life in our world… As our world (whether individual or all encompassing)is always turning we are always learning. .
Thank you for your lessons of loving and learning..
By Marie Gandy on Apr 11, 2009
Well put, I totally agree with you Trish. And if we can just touch a few other lives to recognize all the beauty around us in nature. You’re looking like Georgia O”Keefe more and more! Helen, GA is blooming just a bit behind Charleston. And on Good Friday we had a different sort of nature scene – hail that was 1 1/2 inches! Got some in my freezer. It had a 1/4″ core that was “white” then it was coated in what looked like clear glass. One side was shaped like a saucer you’d sled down the hill on, and the other side was faceted like an amethist gemstone! And felt colder than ice.
By Janine Marthai on Apr 11, 2009