It is the first full day of spring. Though, it does not quite look that way or feel that way.
Winter is coming to an end. That is good news for most people. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am one of the few who actually likes winter.
It is March 21. We know that we know that we know spring is on our doorsteps. We are all bemoaning the last wisp of winter snow. But is it so terrible that we have to use our automobile seat warmers today? Is it such an egregious thing to build one more (wonderful) fire in the fireplace before you replace those charred, smoky ashes with an iron candelabra insert?
There are lessons to learn here. There is beauty in snow. It is soft and quiet and lovely and lays perfect, white fluff to every tree, every bush, every hill. There is a reverence in it.
Patience and gratitude are truly virtues. You have a warm car and a warm bed. You have hot coffee and toasty bagels in your cozy kitchen. You have fuzzy socks for your icy toes. You have a washer and dryer inside your house.
And you have spring on your doorstep.
Perhaps it is being 60. I certainly do my share of complaining about trivial things. But, oh my goodness, do not waste the beautiful breath you can see in front of you. It is your BREATH! You are a breathing, miraculously made human. Your lovely heart is staying steady at about 80 beats per minute. It’s nothing short of creation perfection.
Being a cool weather person, I may need to write another blog around mid-August reminding everyone (mostly myself) to stop complaining about the humidity. But that is a story for another day.
On this day, wait in grateful anticipation. Spring is on your doorstep.