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.

Way Closes

In his book, Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer puts forth a familiar notion, but with a twist.

We've all heard some sort of saying about what happens when a door closes, most often the quip goes like this: When a door closes, god opens a window.

What about something much bigger and more full of possibility: When a door closes, the rest of the world is open. Picture yourself on the outside of the closed door, with the door behind you. What's open in front of you? Everything.

Thanks, Parker.