It is quite ironic that I had to reach the autumn of my life before I began to truly enjoy the [View all]
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glory of spring.
In younger days, I was "very busy". I had a schedule to keep, deadlines to meet and people depended on me to do my job well. There were years when I "just couldn't find time" to get away on vacation.
It is not that I did not see northbound geese, budding trees, greening grass and a flush of blossoms nearly anywhere I looked. It is just that i did not appreciate the wonder of all that and the significance of the new season of fresh starts and possibilities. Foolishly, I assumed that there would be another spring and maybe then I'd be able to "waste time" looking at flowers and listening to birds.
I no longer assume I "will see another spring". When I noticed today that all the trout lily blossoms were gone already, I asked myself if I would see them again. I also realized that I should have started asking myself that decades ago.
This is trite, I know, but because it is trite we too often ignore it: none of us is guaranteed next spring---or next 4th of July---or Thanksgiving or Christmas. Or, even another wake up.
Maybe we should do our best to enjoy each one of these we get.
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