Where are the daffodils?

Today I ordered some vegetables and herbs seeds from the seed catalog. Hopefully when they come, in about a week, the weather will be warm and sunny enough so I can plant some of them in small pods in the sun room for outdoor planting in May. But it does not look good.

A saying from a motivation speaker I heard was “You become what you think”. It works but not so well with nature. I am thinking a lot about spring coming and spring does not come. To think, two years ago, I had enough flowers growing in my garden to have live flowers in my vase from March thru October. See posting March 12th.

Life is like wanting spring to come; we cannot always get what we want, at least, when we want it. I have a friend who has been suffering from serious pain for about five years. She has seen many doctors, had a number of operations, tried many medicines and medical procedures yet the pain not only continues but worsens. She is now trying biofeedback and we pray that, at least, it lessens her pain. She is a woman of prayer and deep faith but ‘thinking’ about a cure or relief has not worked.

I have another friend who has been looking for a wife for many years. The harder he thinks about it, the more disappointment he faces. Thinking about it certainly has not worked.

I do believe thinking and seeking what we want is good but works only when we are detached from what we are looking for. For example in last night’s posting Ode to Three Orchids I talked about how these three orchids brought me some joy in this cold and dark winter. If I was looking for spring but detached from it coming, I could enjoy even more the spring of life in these three orchids. Yes, seeking with detachment works to find spring.

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