By Joe Mazzella
The first signs of spring are finally arriving here in the mountains of my home. The days are gradually lengthening. The air feels cool and comfortable instead of cold and bitter. The sun feels warm on your face as you go outside. Flowers are blooming in spite of the yellow grass and frosty mornings. And the air is full of songs of love sung by dozens of different species of birds. I even saw a finch and a robin inspecting the limbs of my maple tree, possibly scouting a location for their next nests.
I once watched a robin build a nest on the cross beams of my daughter’s front porch. It took her only a day to complete it. She wonderfully wove twigs, grass, and mud into a sturdy home to raise her babies. As I watched her do so with such perfection, with such completion I wondered where did that intelligence come from. There are no nest building schools out there and the baby birds leave the nest after only a few weeks so how is such knowledge passed on.
Perhaps it is the same divine intelligence that tells the flowers to come up again each spring. Perhaps it is the same wisdom that causes the grass to grow, the trees to create leaves, the animals to raise their babies, and the sun to warm the Earth. Perhaps it is the same wisdom that guides me to grow, to learn, and to love. Perhaps it is the same wisdom that helps us each day to gradually become the people God meant for us to be.
All I know is this. I can feel in my soul that this world was created with Love. I can see that God’s Universe is filled with intelligence and wisdom. And I know that God wants us all to take our own place in His Loving Creation. Take your place then. Let your love shine as bright as the sun on a spring day. Let your soul soar like a bird in flight. And build your life here like a robin builds her nest: with wisdom, with love, and with joy.
