SPRING IN UTAH
I am pretty sure that every person who is a
native to Utah, has at one time commented or talked about, tried to defend or justify
Spring in Utah.
I was just thinking of it today and while
thinking of it some other thoughts came to mind that also have to do with
change.
I have not felt like my old self for quite a
while here of late and today I decided to get out and about and see if that
helped.
As I left for a short ride I noticed that
part of the valley was under a beautiful blue spring sky and the southwest had
a large white fluffy cloud over the mountains.
That brought the saying to mind, “If you do
not like Utah’s spring weather, just wait a while, and you will more than
likely get something different, in a short time.”
Since it was such a beautiful day, cool but
not cold, I decided to go to the cemetery and check on my wife and my parents
graves.
When I got there the weather was the same as
it was when I left my home, a beautiful blue spring sky, fluffy white clouds
and just enough breeze to move the limbs on the pine trees. The wind had blown
last night and it had rained a little, so the flowers on the graves needed a
little rearranging. I stood the vases up, watered them, and anchored them to the
lawn and then went and sat on a “meditation” bench that was nearby and just
relaxed.
It could not have been more than a half hour
when I noticed it seemed to start getting darker. I looked around and sure
enough the white fluffy clouds over the mountains were getting darker and
threatening snow. I sat a few more minutes and talked to my wife, and probably
to myself, and realized it had started to get really cold.
I went and sat in my car for a short while
and watched the dark clouds take over the mountains and started to snow on the
mountains across the valley to the east. The wind started to blow and it got
colder and I was reminded about Utah spring and how fast it could change.
At that point some other thoughts came to my
mind and I decided to jot them down for a future blog comment.
The weather is not the only thing that
changes, so do our lives, our thoughts, and our actions. They may not change as
fast as the weather, but on second thought perhaps they do?
Our thoughts can change from minute to
minute. Even our lives can change very rapidly. We never know for sure what is
waiting just around the next corner.
How does one prepare for something that you
do not even know is going to happen? And of course some things that you know
are going to happen are harder or at least just as hard to prepare for.
When I lost my wife it was not unexpected,
but the minute it happened my life was turned upside down. And of course I am
not the only one that this has happened to, and I will not be the last or only one.
My younger daughter attended Church services
this last Easter Sunday in my Church Ward. As she and her family were leaving
the building a lady called her and waved at them, indicating she wanted to talk
to her. When they got together, my daughter said her face was covered with
tears. She must have cried a lot during the Easter Church service. She had lost
her husband not too long ago and she told my daughter, “here it is Resurrection
Sunday and I miss him more than I could imagine,”
So like with Utah Spring changes, some
things happen in an instant, some take a little longer and some a long time. So
like many things in our life, they will happen, but we do not know when or
where.
There are a couple of sayings I try to
remember : 1. ”unknown”, “Someday, we will forget the hurt, the reason we
cried, and who caused us pain. We will finally realize that the secret of being
free is not revenge, but letting things unfold in their own way and own time,”
2. A few years ago a Prophet in the LDS Church repeated something that stuck in
my mind, “REMEMBER WHO IS IN CHARGE.” Since that time I have tried to remember
that.
So what does all of this have to do with Utah
Spring? I don’t know except it seems that everything has a way of changing. If
we bend with the changes, and we do not break, we will always be able to come
back to where we want to be.
One thing for sure, change is a never ending
part of life----WHY CAN’T I KEEP THAT IN MY MEMORY BANK?
(I am not sure why I
sometimes go around in a big circle on my blogs—to get nowhere)
W.R. Baldwin
30 March 2016
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