The seasons are beginning to change. A long winter is slowing transitioning into the early signs of spring. The buds on the plants and trees are getting plump and will soon burgeon forth with new life. The trees which seemed to be dead all winter will soon show us the new life they found in the rising temperatures and increasingly longer days.
In the early days of last spring we took our daughters to fly their kites on the neighborhood’s common green. It was still pretty cool out, but the stiff breeze soon pulled the kites into the sky. I felt compelled to take the photo that you see above. Unfortunately all I had was my camera phone.
This picture makes me think of our hopes and dreams. Our hopes and dreams fly high in the skies of our thoughts and tug at our hands by the fine length of string, which in turn, tugs at our heart. The wind buffets the kite high in the sky and we feel the translation of that buffeting through the string and into our hands. Some how this doesn’t seem much different than what we experience as we walk through this life here in the imperfection that is on this side of perfection and perfect peace.
Just like that kite responds to the rising and falling wind speeds, our lives, hopes, and dreams respond to the gusts of positive and negative influences that we receive. The longer that I live the more I truly believe that we should focus on the positive. We should make a conscious effort each day to surround the people we come in contact with positive and encouraging comments and do so with attitudes to match.
What ways do you use to influence others with positive encouragement and attitude?
Does a rising wind really lift all kites?
Your thoughts?
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