I took this picture on a Thursday when it is snowed 10-15 cm (3-5 inches) in parts of Alberta and it was cool. We jokingly say “if you want the weather to change, wait five minutes.” It takes longer than that. As it turned out, the weather warmed up to 15 degrees Celsius (about 60 Fahrenheit) by the weekend.
Nature teaches so much. Like all things in life, each moment is transient. We have to be patient and wait, something we often not good at. Insight does not come because I force it. Rather, it emerges in its own good time. I have to be ready for it. Behind each cloud lays blue sky.
William Blake begins his poem Auguries of Innocence with the lines that remind me how eternity and the universe are contained in the one moment or, in his case, a grain of sand:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Hiding,
Emerging in its precious time;
From confined spaciousness
Effortless when it does.
Awaiting,
Impatience’s fire burns
Simply being present;
No mean feat.
Hearing silence,
Seeking refuge,
Resting heart and mind,
Drifting on the current.
Behind clouds;
Always a blue sky
Saying simply–
Be patient.
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Teacher as Transformer 