The cactus stands in the wind self-protective, with its piercing needles, crying “don’t come near me”, barring any damaging touch. Courageously, it faces hurling winds and blinding desert sand storms. Gracing the crag with a regal stance, albeit its weather-worn appearance, it turns toward the sun reaching for its loving warmth. Its roots, having little…
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Waking Wonder
What do you consider of profound importance in your life and each day? This question startled me awake one night. And in the darkness, I stumbled for my journal to write it down to remember. Who was doing the asking? Was I speaking to myself, was it something I had heard, or was it a…
The Nature of You
“The difference between a flower and weed is a judgment.” Unknown As I stumbled upon the most delicate flower on the end of a weed stem, I realized, once again, beauty is found in the most unlikely places. At times we wander, even feeling lost in this world. But recognizing that we all have a…
Light Destroys the Darkness
The amount of light entering our world is only one factor in what we see. How we make use of the light to color our vision is what truly matters. We are all taught that light destroys the darkness, as easy as a flick of the light switch. However, at times, the light surrounding us…
Jewels of Nature
I love jewels. Not jewels of luxurious and wealthy means, rather the magnificence presented in tiny morsels each morning in simplistic excellence and elegance. Nature’s jewels exist for me as they appear in a raindrop, a perfectly shaped bud of a flower, a molded stone discovered in a riverbed or an iridescent shell plucked from…