It’s a miracle, isn’t it?
To our ancient ancestors, it must have been a most startling event to see a new and live creature emerge from a seemingly dead object!
That delicate shell is a paradox: sturdy enough to shield the life growing inside it, but frail enough to give way to the emergence of the life within it, protective but porous.
Just like the emerging chick, we have the opportunity to be awakened to the myriad blessings of being here, of being here now.
And just like the miracle of the changing season, this can be a reminder to us of the gifts we are surrounded by, even if we have taken them for granted:
- the gift of life,
- the gift of change,
- the gift of rebirth!
We are once again reminded of the miracle of life as seen in…
- the seemingly ordinary egg,
- the transformation of the caterpillar into the butterfly,
- the flowering daffodil from its bulb.
It’s spring! We can break through our comfort zone (our shell) to allow new life to emerge for us!
What new life will YOU choose for yourself?