Anyone who has read my stuff knows I can whine; I can grouse
with the best of them. I was just out mowing my lawn, which like doing dishes I
have to psych myself up for, but while mowing the thought came to me “do I love
green, because of white?” Do I
appreciate things more because of their opposites? You may be shaking your head
wondering what I mean about green being the opposite of white: green as in
grass & leaves / white as in ice and snow.
I’m thinking my little nugget for this blog post is I want
to be able to look at difficult situations as a way of affirming simple day to
day gifts, not just pains in my neck. I want to learn, deep down inside that
the reason the days are shorter in the summer are because a summer night brings
relief from the heat while winter days get longer allowing the sun to heat a
frozen earth. I want to remember the reason I love the sound of peepers in the
spring is because of the silence of snow cover as everything hibernates.
I often take for granted day to day things unless I don’t
have them. I don’t think about turning on a light until I am without power or
checking email until I’m without internet. I don’t think about being warm until
I am cold. Life seems to be full of little inconveniences lately and I've been
whining, but the question I started with “do I love green because of white”, I
pray stays with me. Whenever I am faced
with life’s little troubles and struggles I hope to remember it, to remind me…
without work I wouldn't appreciate rest, without hunger I wouldn't appreciate
food, without rain I wouldn't appreciate sunshine and without white I wouldn't
love green.
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