Thoughts of new discoveries made or to be made on vacation destinations enter the mind as it stops for a minute, to be still. Whether it be new food recipes to be tried, or new beauty and strength to discover in the environment, or new/old acquaintenances to discover or rediscover. In the early morning or in the evening as the sun sets, one can feel nature's stillness before the harvest time begins. Squirrels in our area will be busy soon gathering for the autumn and winter months. The dragonflies will also be leaving our summer pond soon. Stillness to reflect what has been and what is yet to be. There is a garden in Carmichael, a suburb of Sacramento, that has a very large lotus pond. The lotus flower emerges from the muddy depths of the pond to show its strong and striking petals to the sunlight. As I visited and gazed for a moment at the pond this summer, a full lotus flower dropped a petal and then in graceful, quick procession all the petals fell. So quickly, the lotus transformed from a flower to a simple pod. And so it is with me! To be still for a moment here and there is one of my summer goals so that I thoughtfully stay on track to complete or least get a good start on my late summer plans before summer quickly transforms into autumn.
Posts
