{"id":1034,"date":"2021-07-13T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2021-07-13T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T08:45:28","slug":"country-flowers-_-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/country-flowers-_-2\/","title":{"rendered":"country flowers!!._"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cid:002301cbf33e$f92b0860$0201a8c0@xaviers\"<\/em><\/p>\n

One hardly notices them:<\/p>\n

wild flowers, country flowers<\/p>\n

quiet lost in the ordinariness<\/p>\n

of all-around shrubs<\/p>\n

and half-trampled\u00a0grass\u2026<\/p>\n

flowers glanced at casually<\/p>\n

and dismissed from attention.<\/p>\n

One has to make an effort of sorts.<\/p>\n

Stop for a while. Bend down a little perhaps.<\/p>\n

Go down on one’s knees in curious attention.<\/p>\n

Get closer to where they are ensconced<\/p>\n

in all their subdued grandeur and subtle splendour<\/p>\n

The ordinary does not seem ordinary any more.<\/p>\n

And one can sit down there for a season<\/p>\n

in quiet meditative serenity and celebration…..<\/p>\n

That happens with people too.<\/p>\n

And it is important that\u00a0we take time off and pause<\/p>\n

so that\u00a0we might \u00a0be graced by\u00a0beauty and wonder<\/p>\n

that is so often\u00a0 wrapped up \u00a0in\u00a0 the ordinary<\/p>\n

that is sometimes the way in which<\/p>\n

the truly beautiful comes across.<\/p>\n

They pass me by on the corridors,<\/p>\n

I meet them in the classrooms,<\/p>\n

they drift into my office,<\/p>\n

I walk by them in other places.<\/p>\n

Sometimes they are boldly present.<\/p>\n

Often they are hesitantly hovering<\/p>\n

on the fringes of my own comfort zone.<\/p>\n

A recognition, a smile,<\/p>\n

shared coffee or snacks, a brief interlude,<\/p>\n

and I see the flowers for what they really are in bloom.<\/p>\n

Every encounter is a blessing.<\/p>\n

Sometimes obvious, sometimes disguised.<\/p>\n

And I have to take those breaks and open myself<\/p>\n

to the enrichment that comes to me<\/p>\n

from the country flowers that I am surrounded by…<\/p>\n

Thank you for the beautiful<\/p>\n

that you are in my life.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the beautiful<\/p>\n

that you add to my life….<\/p>\n

My road more or less travelled<\/p>\n

is more colourful and bright and enjoyable<\/p>\n

because we see each other<\/p>\n

and you walk some of the way with me…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One hardly notices them: wild flowers, country flowers quiet lost in the ordinariness of all-around shrubs and half-trampled\u00a0grass\u2026 flowers glanced at casually and dismissed from attention. One has to make an effort of sorts. Stop for a while. Bend down a little perhaps. Go down on one’s knees in curious attention. Get closer to where … <\/p>\n

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