Returning
I've been thinking again, some of it along the lines of the last post. One of the things I most enjoy about living in Oxford is the walk to work through the fields and parks. It's a great way to start (and end!) the day - relaxing, thoughtful, quiet. But recently we've had floods, snow, wind and what with carrying folders of work for marking and study, I've been on the bus nearly every day in the last month. Today was bright and sunny though, and I was up early, so I walked to work today. Everything looks like winter. The marshy meadow that was flooded has now got brown grass and piles of ice and mud through it, the trees are broken and bare, the paths are muddy and frozen; in short, it all looks barren. But despite the appearances, there's a kind of newness and freshness about it all - an expectancy that says, "Look! It's coming back! Life is coming again, life is coming back! No matter what I look like now, life is coming again!" That was the greatest impression of my whole walk - not the way things are now, but the certainty that the important thing - the green, vital, pure life - was on its way. When you look at your world, remember that. Life - real, true, Life is coming back. Just a thought, K
- Posted by flyingkiwi on 25/01/2007.
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