Blossoms of spring

After a busy day, I enjoy sitting by the patio door glancing out at the courtyard in full bloom of flowering trees of white and pink.  A few tulips spring up in pinks, and a creeping phlox of purple hues surround the pond.  I can once again see the Koi in the pond, and robins skip around looking for food.   It is usually this time of year when I am amazed at the beauty of the earth and think there is not a more beautiful place.  Of course, I think that in the fall with all the beautiful harvest colors, and after the first snow fall of the winter
season.  The quality of our lives begin with our appreciation of God's creation.  With that appreciation we become the positive thinker who sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.  We are therefore blessed.

My prayers go out to those who have suffered tragedy in the recent tornado outbreaks, in floods and fires, and have lost so much of their beauty and inner peace.

The Dance

I listen to a lot of country music,... mainly because I can understand what is being sung, and I like the melodies.  However, I have noticed that the male singers sing about their beautiful women and the women sing about cheating men.  Interesting, isn't it?  No matter what the song or who sings it, there are always phrases that catch my listening ear.  For instance... The Dance.... where Garth Brooks sings, "And now I'm glad I know the way it all would end, the way it all would go.   Our lives are better left to chance, I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance."  How many times in our own lives things have not gone the way we thought they would but the journey was an experience we would have otherwise missed?  That journey might have been filled with both joy and heartache, but the memories can often change the landscape of everything else in our life.  So... my advice to my readers....don't worry about the end... enjoy the moment.... enjoy the Dance!