View From the Sidelines
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
One can see a view and appreciate,
Your seeing lets you participate.
You see for your part,
With mind and with heart,
Beauty for you to assimilate.
Is there value in not participating?
I went to the local greenhouse
To wander amidst brilliant color.
There were rows of
Handsome green bushes and trees.
But I was soaking up brilliant color.
That's an outing I love.
Many shapes, each with its own beauty
In addition to color.
Gorgeous Color
You know what?
I don't at all like to garden.
As child of a committed
Beautiful-yard-person,
I don't garden.
As mother of adult kids
Who garden and farm,
And didn't get that gene from me,
I don't garden.
Soaking up the beauty,
Savoring the bounty,
Being grateful for others' work,
I wander, view, sometimes photograph,
Truly loving other folks' planting and tending.
More glorious color
It reminds me that I can appreciate
Even if I don't participate.
I think it's true
For arts seen,
For sports watched,
For music heard.
My title for me ...
I am an Appreciator!
What are you appreciating these days?
Not participating in, still really appreciating?
Let me know.
Hugs.
Lin
Coffee time in our building, honoring Bob's 90th birthday, The joy of helping someone else's wish come true!
