The Blossoming Trees

A purple tree!

One day this past week, I noticed something that stopped me in my tracks. It was a tree in my neighborhood. I know the tree, I’ve seen it so many times every week on my walks through the neighborhood. And it always has green leaves, just like almost every other tree.

But now it does not have green leaves. As its buds are emerging from the branches, instead of green, it has bright purple flowers! This one deserves a wow! And it brought me my weekly thought.

Generally, life is filled with beautiful things. Rocks, mountains, plants, trees and many animals have a beauty that speaks to us. Most of us are busy and don’t take time to notice them. I myself was about to walk past. But sometimes I need to remind myself to stop and wonder at these beautiful sights.

And I saw – a purple tree! The brown dry branches are sprouting brightly colored, vivid purple flowers! Wow!

While life in general has a lot of beauty, it looks to me that the beginning stages of life are endowed with a special striking beauty. Children are adorable, baby kittens are certainly cuter than adult cats. Even baby elephants have a cute ‘babyness’ that distinguishes their look from the look of their humongous parents.

I think it’s to help us recognize the beauty of life itself. When it starts, life is beautiful. And that beauty is inherent in life. Even as adults get withered over time, they are still capable of producing new life, like the dry branches on the tree in my neighborhood.