THE POWER OF SPRING

‘Funny, isn’t it, that man, with all the technology at his finger tips, cannot will Spring to come. Yes, we can engineer daffodils in new shapes and shades, but we can’t make April’s profusion of colorful blossoms and heady scents parade down the hillsides, across the fields and through the gardens a day earlier or a week later than Nature intends. You can hold a tulip bulb in your hand, warm it, coddle it….carry it with you, but it isn’t until you set it into the earth and trust the Power greater than your own, that it will grow. April humbles us. It ushered in spring before we were here on earth, and it will continue to usher it in long after we’ve left the earth. Unlike us, it’s a constant. To play our small, but important, role in the breathtaking drama called Spring, we need only open our eyes and enjoy the beauty. This is one of those times when being an observer can bring the deepest pleasure.