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Buzz, Buzz, Buzz

10/19/2020

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I went for a walk on the beach today
​at sunrise to clear my head.  
So much noise in the lead-up to the election...
I was looking for a way to replace
the buzz of the internet
with a more natural sound.
Along the coast,
all I could hear was the
​reassuring rhythm of the waves.  
Crash, pause, crash, pause, crash, pause...
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While I let the sound wash over me,
my gaze turned to the ground...
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Hearts everywhere! 

Some whole,
some broken,
some small,
some large...

All together
in one beautiful
​carpet of green,
punctuated by purple...
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The purple flowers
​were all closed
when I arrived at the beach,
​but as the sun rose,
they gradually began
to welcome a new day.
​
Bit by bit,
they opened to the
warmth of the sun...
 
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And then,
as I watched and waited,
I thought I saw a tiny bird...
but then realized
it was a giant bee.  

A sturdy beach bee
dutifully pollinating 
the purple flowers.  
It had large wings
to navigate the
​strong winds...
Picture
Can you find it?
The bee was confident
and undeterred...
and successful.

The stretch of green hearts
​and purple flowers
up and and down the beach
was a testament to its labor...
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Here we are, friends...
Two weeks from the 2020 election.

A nation of fragile hearts,
punctuated with a few
islands of purple thought.

Whatever the outcome
of this crazy election, 
we are going to need
purple thinking 
to chart a path forward
that will include 
all
​of the
precious hearts
in our nation. 

It takes
persistent bees
to keep
pollinating
purple thought 
in these
challenging times, 
but we can do it. 
​
​Buzz, buzz, buzz...
5 Comments
Margaret Read MacDonald link
10/20/2020 12:43:09 pm

Such a lovely, peaceful image to start my day. Hope is what we need right now. The hope of your tireless working bee.
Thanks for this.

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Purple Jen
10/21/2020 10:42:47 pm

Thanks for reading...and for sharing your hope daily! Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! :)

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Nat
10/22/2020 06:29:45 pm

You bet! I really like this one.

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Mary
10/20/2020 05:38:00 pm

Thank you Dear Jen. That was so beautiful and such an important message for all. “ We are going to need purple thinking to include all the precious hearts in our nation.” INDEED! Your message makes me smile and brings me hope.

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Purple Jen
10/21/2020 10:44:41 pm

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment, Mary...and thanks for all that YOU do each day to share hope and joy! :)

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