This will be my last musing of the Star Magnolia outside the door entrance to the HSC. The petals are starting to fall already. If you haven’t taken a moment, pull down your mask, and put your nose right into one of these blossoms….do it today. It is a mild sweet fragrance and such a delight. All too soon the petals will cover the grass and pavement out on that corner. The cycle of blossoming will end and the tree will push out more hardy leaves for the summer. It is the CPE intern’s last day today and we have savored our shared time together this week. Sweet.

So what sweetness is bursting into your life of routine today? Can you share it with someone else?

Prayer for Today

Oh God of musing fragrance,
I so want the beauty and connection to stay
But there is a bigger more grand reality
Unfolding before me
And I must yield to its changing nature
Even as I weep in the shifting sands beneath my feet.

The magnolia has been a gift to me this season
May it invite me to look at the next unfolding gem
In the vastness of your creation

More than anything today, I want to say
Thank you, thank you thank you.
I feel wrapped in the grace of beauty today.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I pray that all of you rest a bit in nature’s rapturous beauty, or in the smile of your child, or revel in the wrinkles of your favorite resident today. Let it wash over you and cleanse you for the day ahead.

Warmly,
Michelle