Efficiency
Can sometimes be mistaken for bluntness
And laughter
For making fun of …
A word that was said
or written
Has several connotations
depending on the ear
the eye
of the beholder.
Raindrops fall without wondering how they’ll land
All you can do is apologise
For misunderstandings
But never for yourself
You are nature in motion
evolving
Let yourself grow
Header photo: Kalbari national park. Tree growing out of a rock.
Trees never cease to astonish me with their resilience.
Nature grows wherever it is planted. Trees in rocks. Weeds in gardens. Wildflowers strewn alongside roadsides. Ferns growing out of high rise gutters. One small perfect daisy smiling from a crack in the pavement.
There is no need for apology.
Floods flood wherever they want. Bushfires burn until extinguished, and even then they still emit menacing little puffs of smoke. Ants invade homes. Emus will wander through towns. Plagues of beetles make life hell for people and mosquitos don’t give a fig if you can’t sleep for the sound of them.
In all the years that I have frowned at rain when it came my way and I didn’t want it that day…it has never once apologised and stopped. Because that is what rain does, it drops.
My point? If you have taken all the precautions of courtesy and kindness, then someone else’s problem lies in their willingness to be offended, and it has nothing to do with you.
Keep shining 💫
