Topic: “Having had a Spiritual Awakening”

A Higher Power Working Through Nature - Chapter One

Today’s reading: “Cycle of Growth”

I have a plum tree in my backyard and every year it blooms. This yeaer is no exception. Over the past two weeks, it has put out its slightly pinkish blossoms without hesitation or haste.

It has made no demands on me to admire it, but it has also done nothing to avoid my attention. Its brief but spectacular bloom gives me an awe-inspiring demonstration of what I see as a Higher Power. This tree follows a cycle of dormancy and growth that includes an interval of flowering so delicately that it stops me in my tracks. It’s an ordinary tree that’s rooted in crowded conditions, but it just keeps on growing.

I gaze at its blossoms and feel a sense of peace and acceptance. While the cycles of growth in my life are not as clear as this plum tree’s, I feel reassured by the sight of blossoms springing from what I had thought were barren branches. ~ United States

“Can the changing seasons help me see my growth in al-Anon?”

pg. 25 from Having had a Spiritual Awakening

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