Nature never stops
Spirea bush: Photo by Author Akemi Sagawa
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Percy Bysshe Shelly
It’s shivering cold outside. The sky is gray with not even a slit of blue. The drizzle continues. All the deciduous trees and bushes in my tiny yard have lost leaves and look dead…
No, they are not dead!
When I look closer, I see tiny, hard, young buds and shoots on each branch. The plants are constantly carrying nutrients from their roots to each branch.
Well before we come to admire the vivid green leaves and bright color flowers in the spring, they are preparing for that moment. Nonstop.
I’m no different from these plants. I’m part of nature. So I ask myself.
Am I preparing for my flowers to bloom? Even when there is hardly any sign of the spring shown? Am I striving for my growth today?
These 5 plants are my teachers!
