Be still

I am frequently reading devotions, books, articles, etc. and will often be inspired by the stories of lessons learned in the everyday events of life.  One day I remember thinking "I wish I could have a story like that."  You know when you have a pity party for yourself when everyone else seems to have inspired wisdom from a flower and all you can think is "what color was that?"  Or half the time I'm running around so fast, I couldn't even remember seeing a flower.  That's when a still, small voice said, "If you would slow down enough to listen, you might learn all sorts of things."  Hmmm.  There's a thought.  I see nature coming to life all around me, since it's spring now, and have activities seemingly every minute, but I don't always take the time to savor them, enjoy them and learn from them.  I run around like the proverbial chicken with her head cut off, frantically trying to scratch one more thing off of my list, and then get upset that I don't have some life-altering revelation over a bumblebee.  Go figure.  I certainly have a long way to go, but I have tried to listen a little more and marveled at the incredible rainbow the other day.  It really was beautiful.