Jan. 2, 2013
Today, I give you – Snowy Pine Tree Early Morning, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
This tree is significant for at least two reasons:
1) Like everything else on the planet (other than humans) — it continued on its path not even stopping to consider that Dec. 21, 2012 may have been its last day on the planet.
2) Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 ended up being a snowy, stormy, slushy day … and while the planet might have just kept on spinning — a fair number of trees did not make it to Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. The winds were too strong. The snow & ice too heavy. The freezing temperatures too extreme (even for a fur tree). So many of its neighbors ended up on the ground (an undignified place for a tree).
But a fair number did survive. They stood their ground. Held tight – maybe they swayed and flexed in the wind — but they did not budge. Saturday, Dec. 22 arrived — just as it should have. And they stood as tall as they were able to meet the sunrise.
A woman, a man, a young girl, and two dogs tromped out into the brilliant snowy morning and saw how beautiful it was — it was the type of bitter-cold, glittery day that you only get every so often. The whole world was hushed and shushed due to a thick insulating layer of snow. It was glorious.
What am I getting at? We spend an awful lot of our time worrying about the End of Days, but the world continues. People are born, people die — expectedly and unexpectedly. We have no contract, no calendar, no guarantee. We have only this day. Make the most of it — honestly — do.
Tromp out into the snow. Leave some tracks for others to follow.
Happy 2013.
p.s. I believe expectedly SHOULD be a word. So it is (no matter what Blogger is telling me).