So many moments we can look at that show us patience, insight, comfort. Whether it be the connection to the growth cycle of plants or the changing of the tide, each moment so intricately crafted. All beings have an influence on each other in the weaving web of life.

When we look at the bird drifting in the wind to the salmon spawning in the rivers to the hibernation of animals in cozy dens, we start to see similar characteristics that can better help us understand our humanistic tendencies and need for nurture.

Through the changing of the seasons we show continuous change just as the Earth. Winter a time of nurture, care and relaxation. Spring a time of growth, tending to the self, and absorption of light. Summer a time of productivity in growth, creativity and absorption of pure light energy. Fall a time of harvesting, tending to land and self. Only to be repeated year after year so we may grow to be our greatest product.

We can relate ourselves to a plant as we change through the seasons being planted and tended to with nutrient rich water and sunlight, rooting ourselves in a place that we feel comfortable enough to grow, reaching for the sky in our pursuits of growth, showing our beauty to the world. Then coming to winter we slowly expose our bare stems and hide within our comfortable root cells so we may grow tall as the sun begins to shine.

What a wonderful world.