Robins

In editing Vol IV this afternoon, I found this one regarding spring.  Spring will officially arrive in two weeks!  Wonder if green grass will then peek as mounds of snow make it feel like below zero.  In the meantime sunny, blue sky days are the norm (yeah!), despite temperatures below norm.

Springtime brings hope of a new tomorrow

for sometimes our winters are filled with sorrow.

It’s possible winter will end

when the promise of spring begins.

Springtime is filled with optimism.

Enough to bridge any chasms.

For the wintertime of our hearts

freezes optimism’s hopeful start.

Springtime can be heard in the robin’s chorus -

hear their trill - a reminder to all of us

that better days are ahead

if we do not lose our head…

for sometimes we are at wit’s end –

not just us, but also our friends,

for we all go through seasons

of heartaches beyond reason.

When you see the robins, it’s a sign

that ahead there will be better times.

Optimism is like that too -

promising a new view for you.

Invite your friends for a hike

to look for robins at first light.

Being with others, enjoying God’s creation, spotting the robins -

your heart will surely bubble up and overflow with optimism.

May this little lesson from the robins

restore the joy wintertime was robbing.

Do begin today anew

with an optimistic view.

* * * * *

A little optimism

leads to enthusiasm.

Soon hope will spring

with the new spring.

Cheerfulness that’s heard

from the singing birds

will be yours again

when the spring begins.

You’ll find happiness in turn,

once illusive, has returned.

For, lo, the winter is past,

the rain is over and gone.

The flowers appear on the earth;

the time of the singing of birds has come,

and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2:11-12

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