Sign You Weren't Meant to Get Ahead (Manatees)

Every now and then one of those comes along and just knocks us off our feet. Because if we had seen it coming, oh say in this form, we might have found a way around it.

No such luck. Here I am at the drawing board of my life again, and I find myself erasing, probably senselessly, all the things I see disappearing. But it's okay. My excuse: I wasn't meant to get ahead. And for the next few days that's how it will be. You don't just get up and waltz away from one of these wrecks. There are vertebrate and self-esteem to make sure are intact.

I suppose if I were to muse on it, the wreck I find myself in is probably my fault. Shouldn't have been in cruise control, applying lipgloss, singing to the radio, and arriving promptly at my long awaited destination looking marvelous.

Maybe I didn't see the signs. Maybe I didn't count my blessings. 

Or maybe this is a good sign. If I had flown by this in one piece, I might have missed the manatees. Sure they are not the cutest of creatures but HEY people used to think they were mermaids. And that's a good luck sign, right? And if I missed the manatees, I might have missed the dolphins, limbo happy hour, and who knows what else?!

It'll be a few days until I see those harbingers of good news, those manatees. Right now I'm busy at the drawing board, futilely attempting to reconstruct myself. There's not much else I can do right now in this ditch I'm in.  But perhaps once the rain eases, I'll be able to see the silver lining. And a rainbow? That's the best time to see manatees, so I've heard...

It Only Gets Better....

In light of recent circumstances I have observed with some of my friends, I'd like to dedicate this to all those in need of good signs.  Becaus it only gets better.  Nature says so.

 

Observe sunflower seeds. An often overlooked part of the sunflower, unless you are a baseball player and often ingest them.  They are small.  They are closed off.  And sometimes merely one can seem insignificant.  But it only gets better.

So you plant or scatter sunflower seeds. The next step is the sprout. This growth is often overlooked, with people wishing a flower would go ahead and bloom already.  But look a little closer, and you will see a highly mathematically-based pattern known as a fibonacci sequence, reflected here.  It goes to show you not everything can be controlled. And that perhaps everything has a purpose. And it only gets better.  

So with a little love, warmth, strength to persevere, we behold a sunflower.  And look, they come in every shade and size.  Some last for months, growing taller or wider, producing more and more of these bright oddities.  But they too pass on.  They leave us with seeds, the result of their entire season and entire life, as a sign that it only gets better. And you can always (and often will) start over. But it only gets better.