While it was low tide I took an early Sunday Morning stroll along a familiar oyster reef at the Guana State Preserve. I had some time alone and was again lost in my thoughts. Nature has always had a way of allowing my thoughts to multiply and then settle into resolution. I find that my biggest life decisions can usually be made with the help of "nature's wipers."
At first glance the marshes looked brown and dead; but then slowly I spotted the new life. Green grasses with fresh life sprouting up everywhere. The death of Winter is subtly being replaced with the new life of Spring. Soon these new sprouts will be taller and stronger than the brown carried over from the winter season.
Change is in the air everywhere. I thought about the different stages of change in my own life. Changes over the past year and changes that still have yet to be made. Some changes are brought on naturally others must be "self-initiated." We see the brown left over from our winter seasons and initiate new growth. Sometimes these changes happen slowly over time but sometimes we have to go after them fiercely, initiating our own Spring.
Opportunities for change and improvement are all around us. We see the brown and come to the realization that it is dead. There is no use holding onto it for it is not alive anymore. Change, uncomfortable as it may be, is necessary in our lives. We do not have to settle with our circumstances. We can change them.
Are there any brown spots in your heart that can use a little green sprout? I know that I found a few in my own and I must say... a new fresh perspective and a little self-initiated change can lead to an abundance of happiness. Identify, initiate, and then watch your life sprout forward with the green grass of change. It is yours for the taking.
I made a mix for you.