Spring is a most noble season.
Birds' songs are plentiful.
Buds and blooms transform winter's barren landscape.
Newborn wild animals begin their exploration of the world around them.
Gentle rains fall on the new life beginning to grow again.
Sun beams its warmth into the air around us.
Oh, but the fragrance of the blossom
Did you ever sit in the middle of an orange grove when the blossoms are covering the trees like snow and listen to the bees joyfully gathering nectar for their hives, pollenating the trees while they do? The fragrance is overwhelming.
The camelia, a delicate flower, which bursts into loveliness, and browns when raindrops rest on the petals, offers a mesmerizing fragrance of its own. Even one, picked and placed in a bowl of water, can fill a whole room with a sense of wonder.
After a winter of menthol eucalyptus fragrance at bedtime to soothe a cold and cough, the fragrances of Spring, have the power to liberate Soul in dance, green grass under foot, and birds' singing to guide a profound dance of life.
This has been a reflection following a meditation retreat recently called the" Fragrance of Liberation".
I further reflect on the imminent need to protect this experience of Spring in the choices I make about my part in creating and sustaining a healthy environment for f a future on a healthy planet.
Highlighting the beauty of Spring and its prominent quality of fragrances, does not replace the horror of destruction, but, like the flower in Picasso's Guernica, breathes hope and possibility to behold.
Reflect on the wonder of Spring in your life's experience. When have you smelled the fragrance of liberation?
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