It’s tulip time in Holland, Michigan. It is flower blooming time in the Houston Texas area. And soon if not now, wherever you live flowers and springtime beauty is or will be dancing around you. Take it in. Declare it is Tulip Time–the right occasion to see the magical display of captivating color and fragrance of a single flower or an array of flowers and natural beauty. If it is not springtime or Flower blooming time where you live, read on. 

If your spirits need elevating or you need a change of pace, give yourself a beauty break. Remember it is time to look around you and focus on something beautiful. Even images of nature’s rich display of the elegance of our natural surroundings are readily available. We can go to a local art museum, go on the internet for spectacular natural scenes in nature and outstanding photos of mother nature’s beauty. A single spring leaf when looked at closely is a marvelous sight of intricate design.

Remember it is tulip time or flower time when our spirits need an upward lift or we need to switch gears within ourselves. Rich beauty is prevalent in our world. The more we encourage ourselves to be open to it, we see the miraculous and the pleasing sights appealing and heightening to our senses and state of being.

Lightly walk through life, noticing the display of everyday radiance about us and everywhere present wherever we are. It can escape us too easily. So experience and drink in the essence of what the Buddha is saying in his statement: “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.” —The Buddha