Life is a Garden Party

Sunday, July 28, 2024

SHADOWS

 Yesterday's and today's shadow photos reminded me of this story:

Shadows


As the sun rises in the east

shadows stretch out toward the west.

Surprisingly they enhance

in a mystical silent dance.


These shadows stretch and lengthen

before they sway and widen

in a slow dance,

a sun dance.


Midday they seem to be standing still

as the sun climbs higher; higher still

then these shadows are gone,

but not for long.


After a little rest

they reappear on their quest

to dance again

in step with the sun.


In the afternoon they dance in reverse

as they keep in tune with the universe

slowing stretching east

before daylight begins to cease.


These shadows won't stay long

as they dance across the lawn

but they do provide shade,

a welcome relief relayed.


As twilight

gives way to night

shadows quietly say "good night"

unless the moon shines bright tonight.


Shadows only dance in the light,

then disappear come twilight;

although if you're still awake long past midnight

they reappear under the moonlit sky bright.


Watch as they sway under the full moon,

in a slow waltz in a quiet ballroom

for shadows dance to their own tune,

a silent tune that dispels gloom.


* * * * *


Don't let those shadows in life

keep you from enjoying real life.

Those shadows of disappointment

which often lead to discouragement.

Before you know it depression sets in

and the real you has become lost within.


Dance through the shadows

for when we dance we grow.

Those shadows won’t last, they're temporary.

Their time is short-lived, quite transitory.

View disappointment as a step closer to appointment.

Let discouragement be a stairway to encouragement.


Allow the shadows of life to mature you.

Keep that dance alive inside you.

Live with anticipation,

a waiting in expectation.

Come out from the shadows.

Today, open the window.


You turned my wailing into dancing...

and clothed me with joy,

that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever.

Psalm 30:11-12


Do not be discouraged,

for the Lord your God

will be with you

wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9


In you they trusted and were not disappointed.

Psalm 22:5


And hope does not disappoint us,

because God has poured out his love into our hearts.

Romans 5:5


O Lord, what is man that you care for him,

the son of man that you think of him?

Man is like a breath;

his days are like a fleeting shadow.

Psalm 144:3-4


Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil, for you are with me...

Psalm 23:4


Afternoon photo - sun traveling westward.
Morning photo - sun rising from the east.

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