Revelation in the Snow



Pansies in the Snow!


In my writing yesterday, I was in a very foreign place.  It was hot with unfamiliar scents and sounds. I tried to let it wash over me, so that I could feel each moment.

Today when I woke up to the snow...I was frustrated that my newly planted pansies were covered with the powdery evidence of winter! I knew that they will survive the cold and took a moment to enjoy the beauty of such an unusual site. Similarly, I tried to experience it with  feeling...good feeling or frustration....but feeling.

Did you ever notice that there are times when you understand things better and times when nothing makes sense to you?  I think that when we need to learn a lesson, or understand something that timing is important.  We are ready to learn that lesson....when we are ready and not a moment before. That is my revelation from the hot, highly scented moment from last night's writing session.  That is my revelation from snow covered pansies. 

We feel things when we are ready.  We see things when we are ready...and there are those of us who never are ready. For the character I am creating, feeling is not a problem.  She feels too much, all the time and strives to eliminate some of it so that she can live her day to day life.  In fact....she sees things before they happen and that knowlege is making her claustrophobic.