The Morning After

Yesterday it rained, like it has for most of May.  We had the kind of rain that just down poured; it splashed against the windows and onto the porch.  No thunder or lightning, though, which for me, was disappointing.  Thunder and lightning are fascinating to me.

It was definitely a soggy night.

This morning is sparkling, though.  The ground is soaked.  I put on my slogs to go take a few pictures, and as I walked in my back yard, the ground sucked at my shoes, as if to say, "you can't go forward".  I stooped down to photograph the tall grasses in my back yard, and water splashed up against my legs.  The droplets felt cool on my skin, and as I savored the wet earth scent.

The sunshine is really warm this morning, and so I decided that I wanted to remember what it's like to see the sunshine through the leaves of the tree in my backyard.

I feel like this is symbolic of what we, as a world, are going through with COVID-19.  The rain spraying everywhere represented the ability that (any) virus has of being everywhere with no actual direction.  The sogginess represents the illness.  The wet ground sucking at my shoes represents all of the negativity that social media and the MSM have been throwing out there, keeping us stuck in a place of misery and discontent.  The tall grasses represent new growth, new thoughts, new discoveries.  The cool droplets represent healing, and the wet earth scent represents hope.

These photographs represent how I see the world now, as we come out of this shutdown, and start reopening our world.

Bee in love with the heartwork of your life.

Is Your Heart's Desire In Your Back Yard?

It's been an interesting time, hasn't it?  Being in #lockdown, folks all over the world have been able to reconnect with their loved ones, and rediscover what they love about each other.  Some have been struggling.  Some have done a lot of introspection, and taking the time for self care and discovering what they really want in their lives.

One thing that I think has happened is that people have been finding ways to appreciate their lives at home.  We're a busy society, and it's always a rush. 

• Get up early
• Get the kids up and ready for school
• Go to work
• Work
• Go home
• Take kids to activities
• Make dinner
• Clean
• Bedtime routine
• Sleep

Do you see any time for savoring time with family?  Enjoying your home, which for many people is a symbolic sanctuary?  

I believe that we've been given this time, as hard as it has been for so many people with health issues and financial loss, to be able to rediscover what exactly is in our own back yard.  That's where our heart's desire is.

So as you mow the lawn, work in the garden, and tend to your patio, look around your back yard.  Watch your pets as they lounge around in the sunshine. Watch your kids as they play tag, laughing and jumping in the sprinkler.  With every stripe of grass you mow, see it as releasing the stress of your "old life", and realize that your heart's desire really is in your own back yard.

The lesson that Dorothy learned in the movie, is that she really is smarter than she thought, was more compassionate than she thought, and was more courageous than she thought.  And in doing so, discovered that her heart's desire was in her own back yard, with Auntie Em and Uncle Henry, and their farm hands.  And of course, Toto.

Bee in love with the heartwork of your life.