12 Nov The unexpected Blooms

A tree, a dogwood. Upon its branches are pink blossoms. Blossoms in November. Tiny pink tinge buds and petals are bravely exposed to the elements.  How is that possible? What occurs within the trees to bring forth a bloom during the cool months of fall? The time in which the trees are meant to be moving through their seasonal cycle towards dormancy – resisting the cold, the wet until the end.  Completing the unexpected, delivering to the world blooms when everyone expects bare branches. 

Entranced by the unexpected, dogwood flowers on a tree that has lost its leaves. The tree boldly stating “I beat the odd- my flowers are my resilient spirit.” The resiliency is demonstrated through the fragility of a flower. A juxtaposition to ponder.

Why this tree and not another, why this spot and not another- are the conditions are right, the environment, the warmth, the location or is it something else? If it is something else, what is it? Is the spark, the flowering, due to one factor or is it a combination of circumstances, which brings forth the bloom? What is the impetus, and does it bloom every year?

The questions of the flowering can be applied to ourselves. How can we bloom against the odds? What spirit must we evoke? What impetus must we harness? What will each of our blooms present? How do we push through and, against all odds, showcase the extraordinary, beautiful achievement hidden within?

It is within the rhythm of nature we can grow our knowledge, our self-awareness. With the gift of bloom in November, we realize that all is possible. The world is full of wonder. Let our imaginations soar. By holding onto the possibilities of the solutions, we are linked to our own opportunities. We might not bloom until the autumn days of our life, we might not bloom every year, but we see the evidence out there in the world. Pay attention; our reality is linked to the natural world. We are organic, and if the dogwood tree can bloom in November – anything is possible…