Today is Earth Day…a day to honour our planet and all that grows upon it…including we humans!
As I look out the french doors onto the patio and further to the forest behind my home, I see the leaves are finally unfurling. On my schedule, they’re late…about a month late…but on their schedule, they’re right on time. Being the introspective soul that I am, I often wonder why that film is in my camera? What is it showing me? I like to look at my outer world and see what it’s reflecting and manifesting from my inner world.
I too am a “late bloomer”. I’ve often felt frustrated that I didn’t jump into life with more confidence at 20…or 30…or even 40! No, I didn’t burst forth in all my glory in young adulthood, It’s been more of a long, slow germination, waiting for the right conditions to nurture the unfolding. Just as the plants need moisture and warmth and sunshine, I too (in hindsight) have slowly but methodically over the years, been gathering all the nutrients I require to blossom.
And just as the warmth of the sun pulls the first plant shoots to the surface of the earth, my own soul has for years, patiently been whispering in my ear, encouraging and nurturing my own growth.
A bloom is always appreciated, whenever it arrives; a snowdrop in the early spring, a rose in the fullness of summer or a bold fall chrysanthemum. I have felt the petals unfolding for some time now and the blooming is all the more full and glorious for the waiting.
Our blooming…that unfolding and opening…is a beloved treasure for the earth and never has it been more in need of it. When I close my eyes in meditation, I see the blooming of millions of hearts around the world.
Allow your beautiful unfolding now. For you. For the earth.
(all of these flowers were photgraphed in their blooming splendor at the beautiful Butchart Gardens yesterday.)
