At five years of age, she didn't like the dark colored parts of a puzzle because they reminded her of the gloom and spiders. Therefore, she hid 100 pieces beneath the couch cushions. Her perplexed parents couldn't finish the puzzle. Exasperated, her mother asked, "Do you know what happened to the missing puzzle parts?"
She led her mother to the hidden pieces. When they completed the puzzle, Remen realized that the dark parts complimented the light parts and the blue pieces completed the green pieces. When the final piece locked into place, she cheered at the wonder of the picture before her.
Each of us faces dark parts, light parts and every variation of storms in our own lives.
Ultimately, your life features every color of the rainbow. Embrace each learning experience in order to gain the richness and tapestry of your life. Grow your roots into the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual soil provided for you each day.
Storms may greet you; ride them out. Sunny days thrill you; enjoy them for their nourishment to your soul. Painful days await your patience; count on your spiritual guidance. Every kind of tempest, both large and small, moves toward you throughout your life; revel in the opportunity to grow your confidence, mind and spiritual roots.
Another poet Robert Rains said, "Trust in the rapids of change as well as the rocks of continuity. Stop digging in your heels against the tides of tomorrow."
While you face many storms in your life, just like John Muir, guess what"millions of your fellow humans face them with you.
How do you grow those roots? In surveying, the surveyor carries a special telescope on a tripod that gives him "The point of true beginning." That's the absolute point where everything originates.
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