Thursday, February 23, 2012


"Naturesdance" epitomizes nature in all its beauty, whether stark and foreboding or colorful and inviting. Each Season leaves its imprint and moves on giving way to another effortlessly.  Nature does not begrudge and is generous. 

Man, on the other hand is busy with 'Yesterdays and Tomorrows'.  Instead we need to savor each new 'Today' because that is the only day, the only 24 hours we have to make it worth our while.  For 'Tomorrow' - who has seen? and, yesterday is a 'ghost' of the past;  but Today, now Today is important.  

Set aside a little time each day to savor Nature.  "Walk barefeet on the sand, or feel the wind thru your hair, listen to the birds chatter, notice the sun flicker through a 'raindrop' on a petal or a leaf, watch a snowflake fall or just watch a sunrise or a sunset.  There is so much beauty everywhere even in the 'silence of the night.'  I am reminded of a famous poem by W. H. Davies titled 'LEISURE.  It reads this way:                                                                                                               
       What is this life if, full of care,
          We have no time to stand and stare.
              No time to stand beneath the boughs
                 And stare as long as sheep or cows.
                    No time to see, when woods we pass,
                      Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
                          No time to see, in broad daylight,
                            Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
                               No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
                                 And watch her feet, how they can dance.
                                     No time to wait till her mouth can
                                       Enrich that smile her eyes began.
                                          A poor life this is if, full of care,
                                            We have no time to stand and stare.