NATURE - COMFORT

 
I'm sitting on the bank of Tom's Creek this evening contemplating about life and nature.  The water is barely trickling in the creek bed where I'm sitting, as we've had such little rainfall in the last two weeks.   Frogs are busy leaping about in the water before me while dragonflies drift above the creek's surface.  Deer flies keep landing on my hands as I write in my journal.

I'm enjoying immensely the sounds of crickets chirping in the distance.  It's comforting to me and a reminder that summer will soon be fading away.  The cicadas are buzzing in the treetops again too.  I've heard them for a week or more now, those elusive giant flies that sing so loudly.

Although we go through many changes in the world around us from month to month in Wisconsin, changes in nature are expected and predictable. 

Our lives keep changing also in much more dramatic ways than nature.  People come into our world and exit, sometimes with no time to say good-bye.  We move, we marry, have babies, and watch them grow up and leave home.  Our lives are filled with changes all the time, some good and some sad.  Sometimes bad luck seems to unveil itself in every direction that we turn.  Our lives are often filled with uncertainties.

Nature can be comforting because we know what lies ahead from season to season.  We can always count on nature to give us snowflakes in winter, dandelions in spring, dragonflies in summer, and acorns in the fall.  In nature we can find much needed peace when the crazy world around us won't stop spinning. 

When life seems overwhelming,

When laughter turns to tears,

Take a walk on grassy ground,

And let the blue sky steal your fears.