Reminder...

Yes, it's true. This is my reminder for what I should do next week. You say, "Oh, isn't that lovely. Flowers, branches, greenery..." and that it is, but it's also my sign to wake up out of the grey, winter doldrums and the slew of detail that seems to be taking over my job, and get out into my "dreaming" world.

Have you ever noticed that going for a walk is one of the few chances we have to truly just be alone with our thoughts? Of course, this doesn't count if you are walking in step with whatever newest, favorite song is, downloaded on your iPod. No, here we are talking about a true stroll out in the woods with only brain and feet in gear. It's a great chance to tumble things around between right and left hemispheres - to turn on the blender and let one side work out the other's problems. Things get boiled down to their essentials more easily, and decisions that need to be made crystalize magically---or they don't, but at least you can feel as though you've made progress with them, or made peace with them.

So, all I'm saying is that, I need to get out and do that. I need to walk around the property, see what's blooming, make my estimates on when the azaleas will pop out, walk the gravel trails, and rid myself of the web of detail that has been clouding my cubicle. (Aha! the noble alliteration,)

There are no guarantees, but I suspect it will work as well now as it did before, if not better.