Waiting for the Thaw

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March 26, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces. - Henry David Thoreau - Waiting for the Thaw "It's about this time in the long stretch of winter that I begin to ache for spring. By March, I tend become a bit dulled to the beauty of winter. Though my prayer and meditation keep my heart open to seeing the passage of time and seasons with appreciative eyes, mostly I just want the cold days to be over. As the earth begins to thaw, we often want the process to hurry up. I long for bright flowers blowing in a spring breeze and warm summer evenings on the porch. While impatience with winter is only human, I pause and remember the need to move slowly through this time of year." What follows is a lovely meditation on waiting for the thaw, followed by three classic poems that capture aspects of this transitional time. { read more } Be The Change What is being called forth in your own life at this time? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Dan Siegel: The Open Mind 5 Things Science Says Will Make You Happier Perseverance is Willingness, Not Will What Matters Most? Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows This Foster Father Takes in Only Terminally Ill Children The Strange Beautiful Side of Death Greater Good's Top 16 Books of 2016 DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,248 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More