Wednesday's Woes  "The Return of the Green Phantom"


This is so NOT a woe, just a complaint.  It's back!  Oh sure, you don't see it at first glance, but it's there...even as I sit typing this, speck by speck by speck is settling on what was only yesterday a pristine windshield.  By Friday, it'll be as if those fabulous forty seconds in the car wash never even happened...an oasis that vanishes before my red and itchy, pollen polluted eyes!  


It's a losing battle...but a great reminder.  Nothing is static in this world...nothing.  Nothing stays the same...not good things or bad things, not joys or strifes.  Cars get cleaned and cars get dirty again.   Weeds get pulled and weeds grow back again.   Lawns get mowed and grass grows back again.  We have to learn to live with this constant dynamic of Life.    One lesson lies in those forty seconds in the car wash.  To keep up with our life flying past us like pollen on a fast mission, we should look for and drink from every oasis we may spot hovering on the horizon.  Know that it is fleeting relief, but no less restorative for its brevity.  Those moments are necessary gulps of refreshment that we need to continue the journey.  And, luckily, those moments are all around us and usually are free for the taking.  We only have to train ourselves to take them as often as we can.  It may sound like a silly trifle, but it is the only way I know to approach this fast world we live in.  Your oasis will not look like my oasis, nor does it have to...the purpose is the same.   Be on the lookout for those little lakes of restorative "something" that make you feel alive, renewed, peaceful, happy...even for the most fleeting moment or two...and take them!   They add up "at the end of the day."


It's maddening that my car is getting covered with pollen again.  But, I remind myself how much I enjoyed the carwash and how blessed I am just to be alive in this gorgeous, pollen-polluted world.   When I sneeze and itch my way through my walk later, I'll try to admire the beautiful pines and ignore their irksome tiny offspring!  


Thanks for reading.  Let it steep!