The beauty of life is in a rose.

David Gray

by Joan Cartwright, M.A.

MAY is always filled with soft rains, chirping birds, greenest lawns, hints of heat that summer will brings. May sets us still, making us more grateful than ever that we are alive. We can count on May to be pleasant, with beckoning mornings of sunlight and stillness. The Earth is at rest, surrounded by her blossoms of Love, She lays back, takes a deep breath and quietly weeps at the amazement of her Creation.

Reaping what's been sown in months past is the possibility Gaia offers those who are keen enough to understand this Simplicity. Young sprouts have become clusters of amazing life food, tomatoes, mangos, and, yes, roses.

Ideas are effervescent. New moves, change that sweeps away the cobwebs of life already lived, yet teeming to be explored and experienced!

Challenges met become the harvest of Springtime. We make decisions in Spring that were unforeseen in Winter. We stretch, we grow, like the croton, crocus and rosebud. We flower anew, make new plans and fulfill them, helping ourselves fulfill our purpose and destiny. It's true! Spring can really hang you up the most!