This morning I left for the chiropractor's (Thursday is my evening-shift day) and the pot of Johnny-jump-ups at the front door had at least ten blooms! (I can't recommend Johnny-jump-ups strongly enough. All they need is partial sun, water when it's really dry, and room to seed themselves and come back again each year. They look like a cross between miniature pansies and violets and handle the cold well.)
The daffodils are blooming, the dandelions are in full flower, and my bok choy has sprouted in profusion.
Speaking of dandelions, Marion Tripp, at the end of a retreat, once wrote the poem,
I have lost my smile,
but don't worry.
The dandelion has it.
I'd been feeling a bit depressed this week from lots of little, medium and big things--undone housework, coworkers going through family health crises, patrons and staff at work coming to poor busy introverted me with question after question during and after SAM installation for the better part of three work days (no sit-at-my-desk-and-bury-my-head-in-work time!), and, I think, random biochemical depression. The blossoming trees, wonderful artwork and good conversation from some of our teenage anime/manga club members, my wonderful husband's support, starting to write fiction again, and, yes, the dandelions in the grass, have helped me find my smile again.
"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well."
- Julian of Norwich, late-medieval anchoress and Christian mystic
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That dandelion quote was just beautiful! And I'm so glad that you've found reasons to smile throughout your busy and stressful week. Sometimes it's nice to just take a breather, look around and take the time to enjoy what's right in front of us. Even when it's not always the easiest thing to do. I have to remind myself to do that alot. That dandelion quote was just so wonderful though!
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