Beauty and the Ice

 

 

         Remember the title Beauty and the Beast? This winter has been a beauty and a beast with a lot of ice and cold. It is time to move on! I so long for the peeking of the tips of the spring flowers to begin there annual birthing. As I look at the frozen leaves of this plant, I can't help thinking about the cycle of life with its ebb and flow in which everything is the way it is supposed to be. There is nothing humanly possible to change what is right and good that has been put before us. Without these conditions of cold and ice, how could we possibly know the joy of warmth, and the multitude of colors that many of us look forward to each year of this earthly cycle. I hope you have seen the magnificence which winter can weave, which leaves us with hope and joy for the next season to arrive.