Blossom
Last fall I planted a Meyer Lemon and a Eureka Lemon. I love lemons. The efflorescence of the Meyer dwarf brought a very pleasant surprise. The delicate, intoxicating smell of the beautiful little white blossoms.
I was also giddy with excitement to see the first blossoms on my tomato vines and hail hearty blossoms on my strawberry plants. In a moment of sadness as I recalled how the rain ruined all the blossoms on the Santa Rosa Plum tree for the second year in a row. Then happy again because the pollinators are here, dutifully fertilizing my little backyard garden. Then looking again at the beauty of the lemon tree, I thought about the saying, “…bloom where you are planted.” Quite appropriate for me after a week of difficult insights and attendant decisions.
For me the lesson of the Lemon tree and the Plum tree, is experienced in a blossom of truth. When one tree fails to blossom in a season, another gushes with a sweet abundance.