Dandelions*

Spring seems to be arriving slowly in our valley - there is still snow on the hill across from our house even at this late date.

 

We are all looking forward to those first flowers of Spring; the crocus, daffodils and tulips.  But there is another flower that will soon show itself, and it's not welcomed with the same amount joy - the dandelion.  Yet, even this lowly flower has some lessons for us:

 

 

Dandelions

 

 

 

 

                       Unwanted,

                        unappreciated.

 

                       Appearing

                        like clockwork

                        each Spring.

 

                       Unfazed

                        by criticism;

                        emerging,

                        celebrating,

                        returning.

 

                       Dandelions

                        know how to live!

 

*from Fields of Grace, Everyday Encounters with the Holy,

  by Cathy Scherer Stubbs (c) 2011