Reflection for Week 2 Season of Creation – Look, Learn, Love…
From a friend came the following gift:
Believe me, you will find more lessons in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters.
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Look: Tuesday afternoon, a beautiful sunny spring day, found me on the verandah at College…noticing the golden leaves of a nearby Jacaranda tree…
Learn: My friend told me that at the start of autumn (around May) the leaves of the Jacaranda start slowly losing their green. However, they don’t drop from the tree until quite a few months later (around October). So the lovely foliage slowly, slowly goes from fresh green to a winter gold…
Love: And then the magic happens – the beautiful burst of purple from the bare branches – so short (a matter of weeks) – before the new leaves sprout greenly once again from the branches.
Looking, learning and loving turns to a desire to care, cherish and protect.
And to offer grateful thanks and praise to the One who searches for and loves All.
Blessings
Ceri
