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NATURE There is a wondrous consistency to nature…a magnificent uniformity….
as the seasons come and go…you can count on her predictability.
We begin the year in Winter…experiencing all that season has to bring….
And as time moves on…the cold, gray hues of Winter…
gradually blend into the warm colors of the Spring.
The Spring warmth merges into the Summer heat…
times begins to crawl…
then before we know it we are captivated by the colors of the Fall.
We enjoy those colors for a little while before they begin to fade away…
and we end the year back where we started…in Winter’s cold an gray.
But nature, cognizant of how she works, aware of her predictability…
has provided within her schedule…a delightful variety.
We took a walk the other day…it was near the end of Fall…
under a cloudless sky of azure blue…the trees seemed 50 feet tall.
Most of the trees had shed their leaves…a few were still falling in the breeze
but when we looked up some leaves were still clinging to the trees.
There we saw the wisdom and beauty of nature…her elegance…her grace…
in the midst of her strict parameters…she allows each leaf to fall at it’s own pace.
She sets the guidelines for her seasons…her rules are fixed and steady
but she also allows each leaf to fall…when they know that they are ready.
She awards each leaf it’s independence….as to when they leave the tree
by adding this randomness to her predictability…she creates a perfect harmony.
There is much about our own lives we can learn from nature…
This I truly do believe…
For instance…here’s she’s teaching us about life…
using the falling of her leaves.
How we are meant to live by honorable guidelines…
with elegance and grace
Meant to add add our beauty to the harmony of life…
with our own rhythm…
at our own pace.
