July 2

PATIENCE MONTH: DAY 2: “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

Who can argue with the incredible wisdom of the creator of Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore? Not me, I have been in love with those stories since way before Disney ever published anything vaguely Pooh. My first Christmas, my godfather began giving me stuffed animals made by Steiff. The first one was a tiger and I also got my first A.A. Milne books. So Tigger and I became inseparable for many years after. Then I was nicknamed Tigger in school and have had that name for many years after. It fits. I love his energy and his unwavering optimism and bounce! The message here of knowing how to be still and move purposefully and steadily, like the river, is powerful. Especially since water is consistent and can do amazing things over time. So are we and so can we. This is a beautiful message and an important one. When we see those things of great beauty that are created in the world and by man, as well; we can see that the long-term gain we receive from those projects that are created with care and devotion, over long periods of time sustain and uphold us for many more years after their completion than was taken for them to be created. A child is created in a moment, but brought to term over 9 months; the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling was painted slowly and meticulously over years, but has remained a work of awe and wonder for centuries; the Grand Canyon took several hundreds of years to be formed, and has inspired and wowed people ever since. That child may live for 1 year or 100, there is no way to determine the length of a lifetime or its duration at the onset. That is not ours to control or create. But that life will touch other lives and wondrous things will occur as a result. So it is with rivers and people and works of art and acts of Nature. Eruptions of volcanoes have formed islands we love to visit and live upon…the time it takes for that to happen may be several minutes or several lifetimes…creation has no stopwatch. So I want to be ever mindful that whatever miracles, both large and small, are being wrought in my life; I may have to sit still and wait upon and not know for many long moments what is happening, but trust that it will be amazing. This is easier each day, because the amazing continues to unfold for me and for those around me, and I continue to anticipate at least 3 miracles every single day! And I wait to see where they are and I have not yet been disappointed. I wish you miracles…at least 3 today…they are there…can you see them? Just wait, you will!