Tuesday, April 03, 2007
HOW AND WHY?
How does an acorn grow a root and know how to reach for the sun.? We tied a rope around our ornamental red crabapple tree and kept it that way two years. The other end was tied around our large oak tree in the front yard. Our friends teased us asking if Rocky was trying to straighten the “oak” tree. Rocky took the rope off last fall thinking it had been long enough to grow straight. Straight meaning to our way of looking at it.
This Spring I see it is growing back to the east where the morning sun is not hindered until mid-afternoon. The afternoon sun must peek through the oak and two large white pines to reach it from the west.
How does a bird hatched in the Spring come out of an egg and know how to fly, to eat the right stuff…..followed by finding a mate and building a nest? True, the parents help get them started but they don’t hang around for the wedding and house building.
Who teaches them to sing? Every species has it’s own song. Almost. Consider the Mocking Bird…..he is the true copy-cat. Sitting on our deck is the best place to watch a concert. Hearing is one thing but when you spy the singer it is joy personified. They fill their little throat with air and look towards heaven singing their little hearts out. Praise in a pure form.
Why is the grass green and the sky blue? How do we see color or feel cold or joy or fall asleep? Why do we take so many things for granted when the five senses give us great capacity to see, to touch, to feel, to hear or to smell?
God gave us and his other creatures a perception of senses to enjoy the world we each live in. There is something for everyone and enough variation to keep our attention sharp and clear.
Now that I am older, I am much more like the little girl I once was. I love watching clouds roll by, I love watching the moon and stars at night. I love a storm….to see and feel the power as it passes by. I love simple things and shoes that fit.
The time comes when it is just you and what you hold dear. If everything be taken away from you……what would you have left?
Travel light and wear a smile. Carry sunshine in your pocket. Wear a good attitude and don’t forget to be gracious….there are weary travelers on the way and their journey has been long. What you give away will return so you can give again.
It is how we make the journey that decides how long it is………..
Until tomorrow, I am,
Essentially Esther
This Spring I see it is growing back to the east where the morning sun is not hindered until mid-afternoon. The afternoon sun must peek through the oak and two large white pines to reach it from the west.
How does a bird hatched in the Spring come out of an egg and know how to fly, to eat the right stuff…..followed by finding a mate and building a nest? True, the parents help get them started but they don’t hang around for the wedding and house building.
Who teaches them to sing? Every species has it’s own song. Almost. Consider the Mocking Bird…..he is the true copy-cat. Sitting on our deck is the best place to watch a concert. Hearing is one thing but when you spy the singer it is joy personified. They fill their little throat with air and look towards heaven singing their little hearts out. Praise in a pure form.
Why is the grass green and the sky blue? How do we see color or feel cold or joy or fall asleep? Why do we take so many things for granted when the five senses give us great capacity to see, to touch, to feel, to hear or to smell?
God gave us and his other creatures a perception of senses to enjoy the world we each live in. There is something for everyone and enough variation to keep our attention sharp and clear.
Now that I am older, I am much more like the little girl I once was. I love watching clouds roll by, I love watching the moon and stars at night. I love a storm….to see and feel the power as it passes by. I love simple things and shoes that fit.
The time comes when it is just you and what you hold dear. If everything be taken away from you……what would you have left?
Travel light and wear a smile. Carry sunshine in your pocket. Wear a good attitude and don’t forget to be gracious….there are weary travelers on the way and their journey has been long. What you give away will return so you can give again.
It is how we make the journey that decides how long it is………..
Until tomorrow, I am,
Essentially Esther
