AWAKENINGS
I was running late this morning. I got up at the same time I usually do, but between showering and cleaning up last night’s Chinese leftovers, it was already ten minutes before eight by the time I left for work. My pace was quicker than usual because I didn’t want to be much later than the time I prefer starting at, being 8:00 a.m.
As I scurried up Howe, I rounded onto Dunsmuir and was suddenly hit with an incredibly beautiful realization.
It’s springtime.
Given the weather that British Columbia’s endured over the last week, there are many of you who’d argue with me. However, the broad cherry blossom trees at Dunsmuir and Hornby were plump with blooms. How I had failed to notice these tiny, pink buds on days prior escapes me, but they were there today.
Two days ago, I sent an e-mail to a friend who is experiencing certain grief at the moment. She’s a resilient woman but I felt encouragement was most definitely needed. In the e-mail, I told her that right now is a time of self-awareness. Not just for her or for myself, but for everyone, generally speaking. Most of us aren’t even conscious of that fact.
There’s something very different about this spring than any other I’ve experienced before. Sure, there is growth and change, but that comes with each day of every year. This time around, I am more aware of my surroundings, more aware of the people in my life and what they represent, more aware of my body. I feel almost as though I am on the precipice of something I’ve never before experienced.
Whatever the next 24 hours have in store for each of you, stop to admire the cherry blossoms in your own day. You’ll thank yourself for it.
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I love the cherry blossoms! Self awareness is key. It’s something I’ve really been trying to work on.
Beautifully inspiring post!
Plus, if it’s spring…that means summer is just around the corner (and oh, the fun that we have to look forward to!)
I was thinking the same thing this morning on my way to work!
I love how the city streets that become cold, wet and grey for so long are finally turning green and lush thanks to the lovely canopies overhead.
A guest from out of town (eastern Canada) arrived on the weekend and was momentarily bewildered. Mind you, the east has experienced both worst and better conditions than we have in the past month but little has bloomed so far. She likened coming to the lush green city we have here as going to the Caribbean in the dead of winter - big and welcome change!
Ya’ll should do what we do over in Japan. During the cherry blossom season (week?) we just go sit under em and get plastered. It’s a hell of a lot of fun.
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