Purpose in Spring

And all at once the world is filled with colors again!  Gone are the grays of winter.  They give way to greens, pinks, yellows, purples, and whites and the earth breaks into blossom and song once more.  My year begins and ends with color.  All that winter business is just the pause between it all.

The woods are full of blossoms right now and all seems right in my tiny corner of the world.  There are baby bunnies and kittens everywhere.  The garden is putting forth green shoots, and I am very glad to be alive in the dear old world.

Easter is one of my favorite, if not my most favorite, holidays because of all the hope, the promise, and the new life.  Everything looks brighter.  This is why I still advocate for the New year beginning in March instead of bleak, dreary old January.

I'm positive more New Year's resolutions would be actually carried out if they were made in March.  That hum of all life waking up is almost palpable.  Look around, how can we not be full of energy and joie de vivre at a time like this.  

There is so much to do, so much to work toward.  I wake up with a sense of purpose in this season.  I've been busy in the kitchen trying to preserve as much or my spring harvest as possible.  Busy outdoors, creating all the little things I promised myself I would when I looked out the frosty window panes of winter.  Busy, thinking to myself of how to best accomplish this goal and how to work out the kinks of that project.

And like everything else in the world, I am waking up from my long winter stillness and drowsing to breathe the crisp air and get as much done as I possibly can.  I can't tell you how good it feels to fall into bed each evening and slipping right into sleep before my head and touch the pillow.

This is all I am really asking for from life:  simplicity, purposeful work, and the time to pause and enjoy the fruits of my labor.  So, welcome New Year, and new life.  And welcome, Spring, you were dearly missed.

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