in mud, the lotus blooms

There is a hard truth to be told:

before Spring becomes beautiful

it is plug ugly, nothing but mud and muck…

But in that muddy mess,

the conditions for rebirth are being created

Parker Palmer

Sunday Quote: Always new

I never tire of birdsong and sky and weather.

Stanley Kunitz 1905 – 2006, American Poet

See with every turning day,
how each season makes a child
of you again,
wants you to become
a seeker after rainfall and birdsong,

David Whyte, Coleman’s Bed