LIFE'S FRUITS

 

LIFE'S FRUITS - The fruits of life come in many forms and fashions, do they not?  Such can be a metaphor for the many blessings of life that grace our days.  Not just the fruits and vegetables that we enjoy eating and that cause us to look forward to mealtime.  Many are the emotional and spiritual fruits that sustain our inner lives, things like love, the smile or hug of a loved one, time spent in meaningful conversation, a glimpse of a beautiful bird on our lawn that we may only spot once a year, satisfaction over a job well done, or the joy that comes from having created something beautiful, reading a poem or that uplifts the soul, and so on.  Whatever the "fruit of nature," as Thoreau calls it, that we enjoy, if we are truly mindful and grateful, such cannot help but touch our heart.