Thursday, April 22, 2010

Spring Is A New Beginning

Spring Is A New Beginning

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joan walsh anglund


Spring is a new beginning...


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It is a season of young life...


of nesting birds


and crocuses.


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Yellow is its color...


the warm yellow of the sun...


of the bright buttercup


and the daffodil.


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Then all the world is leafy-tipped and new.


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Then the earth is rich with seedlings.


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Then come delicious days


of hunting wild strawberries...


of picking violets and forget-me-nots...


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of sailing boats and dipping eggs


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and finding hidden bunnies.


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This is the season of the tadpole


and the duckling...


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of robins' eggs


cupped in a soft bed of straw...


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of calves


trying out their wobbly legs...


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and of the fawn's first brown-eyed look at spring.


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Then new life presses out from every growing thing...


fulfilling our trust,


renewing our faith


that this has always been,


that this will be again...


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Spring brings an end to winter


and a fresh beginning.


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It is a gentle farewell


to yesterday


and the birth of new hope.


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This wonderful little book autographed by the author, was a gift from a very sweet friend appropriately named Spring. I adore the message, as it rings true to my heart. I welcome the new beginning that spring brings, as I have come to a new resolution this spring...

I am not what happened to me, I am who I choose to become.