I am patiently waiting for my flowers to emerge from the ground. I imagine them crouched under the snow, quietly waiting for their summons from the sun. I know that my flowers and I share this tension of anticipation. We are all trying to be patient.
After all, are we not all related? Are we all not progeny from the same ancient life form? Have we not all descended from the same organism that had not yet learned to make sugar from the light of the sun? Do we not have the same sightless ancestor who did not yet have the eyes to thrill to shape and color?
We are all brothers and sisters, and we are ready for what is to come.
We are waiting patiently for the time we will share a loving presence, an awareness of who we are, a time to accept the glowing power of sunlight.
For now, it is only our minds and imagination that separate us. I am aware that all around me, there are so many life forms ready to emerge. There are many plants, humans, animals. I want to call them forth right now, but for many the time is not right. Nevertheless, I want to be ready. I tell my mind “be still”, “be quiet”, and “be patient”.
There will be a time we can see one another with an awareness that reminds me that we are all one. Meanwhile, I want to be attentive to our shared parentage, to be mindful of how all life forms share a common beginning. We all have in us so many shared designs. We have the same shared life force and intelligence, expressed in so many different ways.
I look around and realize that we have no reason to be fearful. There is every reason to trust one another, to be transparent, to be open to love. I will be patient and ready. The time will come.