All spring I walked past the pond where geese and ducks hunker down each year to raise their families.
It’s my favorite spot I travel by each morning, often stopping to just be in the energy of nature’s exquisite healing gifts.
But each time I reached the pond; I found myself getting more and more upset.
So much litter. Scattered among the grasses, flowers, and rocks that lead down to the pond.
My heart was feeling such sadness to see the trash accumulated there from the new neighborhood of homes being constructed nearby the past few years.
And anger was part of this too, wishing people would be aware and care more.
Then it struck me. Well, I care!
So, the next day I tucked a plastic bag inside my pocket. I knew what I was to do.
When I arrived at this spot that had been creating a mix of sadness and anger within me, I happily picked up all the trash I could reach.
My heart lighter and the joy that followed because the geese and ducks wouldn’t have to walk among the litter. Nor would I have to continue carrying this negative energy.
Today as I approached this same area, I was rewarded in the most lovely and heartwarming way for my efforts!
One by one I counted them. Seventeen goslings on the pond and three sets of parents! How is it I’d not seen them until today, I wondered.
Well, they couldn’t be seen until I released the sadness and anger from my field of energy by giving nature a helping hand.
A special wink from the universe for putting this opportunity into my awareness so I’d be shown once again that every small act of kindness matters.
XO
Barb