New life

Depending on which authorities you pay attention to spring begins on March 20 or 21 here in the Northern Hemisphere. It seems that the trees in our garden don’t give a toss for dates and calendars. Today it is March 2 and there are buds and shiny new leaves everywhere. There’s a hidden rhythm in the seasons. hidden all the winter, obvious now to anyone who pays attention but always at work and ready to burst out at a secret time of its own choosing. There is a growing thing in you and me too, working its way to its own bursting point, sometimes hidden from us but always growing and working to a secret schedule that might just surprise you.