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| | From:  whirlwindZ1 (Original Message) | Sent: 10/15/2006 4:35 PM |
Just thought I'd say hello, just to be polite -I've been lurking around a little while  I was invited to come and hang around by Quizzmistress, and I really like this place. By way of introduction; I live in Oslo, Norway, though born in Kenya. I'm half Swedish, half Norwegian. Apart from that, I have decided, after a bit of recent soul searching and intuitive flashes, that I should start working towards becoming a Gaia Priestess. Being a Taurus, I'm in love with the beauty of nature, and the current destruction of our planet upsets me no end. I've studied geography (the greatest academic subject ever invented by mankind!!!), and fell even more in love with the endless wonders of our planet, the strength, the multiplicity - the abundance - but also the vulnerability. I lived in London untill recently. Coming back to Norway has been inspiring - all the greenery here is so healing after four years in the urban jungle. -So, what am I doing on this board of spiritual quests? Hoping for more intuitive flashes and more stone-slabs to pave my way towards enlightenment, much as anyone else on this board, I guess. I've been delighted so far. Interests: Crystals, Unicorns, Fairies, Devas and Elementals, Angels, Herbalism, Nature - it's beauty and profound effect on my soul, dreams, tarot cards, generally anything spiritual you can throw at me. I'm not sure how regularly I'll come by, since my current work situation is a bit unstable. But I'll be coming back again and again See you 'round | nice to meet you morning giggle. im happy to hear that you like what you been seeing so far in the group here. i too enjoy this group very much and i have learned much since becomeing apart of it. what i love most is the energy wooo sometime's you can feel it just sizzeling in here i too love crystals, and nature love to be out in the wood's and near water. profound effect definately well hope to hear more from you. many blessings sun | I've soon hung around here three years!! Amazing. Lots of stuff has happened since then, and a lot of it with the help of you guys here! Thank you all so much for being there and for being my friends. Warm hugs to you all! Giggles | | | |
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The Daffodils
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say..."Mother, you
must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted
to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake
Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised, a little
reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned, cold and
rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I
finally walked into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my
grandchildren. I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The
road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in
the world except you and these children that I want to see
bad enough to drive another inch!"
My daughter smiled calmly," We drive in this all the time, Mother."
"Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears -- and
then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.
"I was hoping you'd take me over to the garage to pick up my
car," she said.
"How far will we have to drive?"
"Just a few blocks." Carolyn said, "I'll drive. "I'm used to this."
After several minutes I had to ask "Where are we going?
This isn't the way to the garage!"
"We're going to my garage the long way," Carolyn smiled,
"by way of the daffodils."
"Carolyn," I said sternly, "please turn around."
"It's all right, Mother, I promise, you will never forgive yourself
if you miss this experience." After about twenty minutes we
turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church.
On the far side of the church I saw a hand-lettered sign
"Daffodil Garden."
We got out of the car and each took a child's hand, and
I followed Carolyn down the path. Then we turned a corner
of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the
most glorious sight. It looked as though someone had taken
a great vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain
peak and slopes.
The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns,
great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, white, lemon
yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter yellow. Each
different-colored variety was planted as a group so
that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own
unique hue. Five acres of flowers.
"But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn.
"It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. "She lives on
the property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a
well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in
the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house.
On the patio we saw a poster.
"Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking" was
the headline. The first answer was a simple one.
"50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was,
"one at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet,
and very little brain." The third answer was,
"Began in 1958." There it was: The Daffodil Principle.
For me that moment was a life-changing experience.
I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more
than thirty-five years before, had begun -- one bulb at a
time to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure
mountain top. Still, just planting one bulb at a time,
year after year, had changed the world. This unknown
woman had forever changed the world in which she lived.
She had created something of ineffable magnificence,
beauty, and inspiration.
The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the
greatest principles of celebration: learning to move
toward our goals and desires one step at a time --
often just one baby-step at a time -- learning to love
the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time.
When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small
increments of daily effort, we too will find we can
accomplish magnificent things. We can change
the world.
"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn.
"What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a
wonderful goal thirty-five years ago and had worked
away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years.
Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"
My daughter summed up the message of the day in
her direct way. "Start tomorrow," she said.
It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of
yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson a
celebration instead of a cause for regret is to
only ask, "How can I put this to use today?"
-- Author unknown. WOW... What a lovely story! Thank you for sharing Giggles! Namaste...  ~eerie |
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