February 28, 2012
A short time after publishing my earlier post today, Live With Sorrow, I looked out of my desk window to check on my little yellow crocus that have been blooming sporadically for over a week now and found they had some companions… Some lovely white crocus had also bloomed.
As I hobbled down my driveway, camera in hand, I was filled with joy knowing that more of the crocus I had planted last fall were poking their pretty little petals out in the sun.
It’s true that the smallest and simplest things can fill our hearts with joy. For me flowers have always been a great source of joy. I spent 20 years working as a floral designer and although the long hours during the holiday seasons were rough, the work itself was always filled with joy. It never ceased to amaze me during those 20 years, that I could look at a bunch of white daises, or red roses, or pink carnations and find that one perfect flower that made me say, “wow.”
Joy is all around us… Even in times of deep sorrow, we must open our eyes to see, open our ears to hear and let it the joy flow into us every day.
(Photo: Crocus On The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
Staying Green
April 25, 2013
A little rambling today…
It is my belief, that knowledge is free. What I learn, I share with others. I have long lived by the creed that there is nothing I can not learn from someone else. A long time ago, back when I first began a twenty year career as a Floral Designer, I attended a Floral Design Trade Show. The commentator said to the audience of hundreds of Floral Designers, young & old, paraphrasing a well known Ray Kroc quote, ” When You’re Green You Grow, When You Are Ripe You Rot!”
I strive to remain green throughout out the rest of my life!
Photo: Hellcat Swamp at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in the Spring ~ © Pamela J. Leavey
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