These tree blossoms represent something much larger, which we can barely understand… if at all. Happily, you can still take a picture.
The big news this week was supposed to be the solar eclipse. But the New Jersey earthquake that affected much of the northeast stole the headlines three days before the big celestial event.
Having always lived on the East Coast, I didn’t really know how to process this sudden experience of our entire house vibrating. (I first thought our washing machine in the basement had badly malfunctioned during the peak of its spin cycle.)
Fortunately, it was not a big earthquake… just a taste of nature’s raw power.
Puny Humans
We are certainly not the center of our universe. A little earthquake or a total solar eclipse will quickly remind anyone of that often-terrifying truth.
We are tiny.
Mother Earth and its moon. The sun and its solar system. Our galaxy and its place in the universe. It’s barely possible for us to even comprehend.
It’s not Just a Flower
When spring shows up in the Northern Hemisphere, and the cycle of life is on full display, it’s just another example of forces much larger than us.
Sure, clipping a pretty daffodil from your backyard and popping it into a small vase on your dining room table is enjoyable. But perhaps it’s also good to remember what powered that flower’s creation. (I know one can take this in more than one direction. But that won’t change my point.)
Clarity
So this year, while I walked about my neighborhood with camera in hand to greet spring, I did it with something of a more evolved perspective. (My early-April photo exercises have become an annual tradition: 2022 and 2023)
Sometimes it just takes a little earthquake or a massive solar eclipse to put it all in perspective.
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