photo by Lynn H. Wyvill

The garden is overflowing with flowers now, just as my husband said it would.

This is what it looked like last spring, when he planted it.  I thought it was a little sparse.  I wished he had placed the flowers closer together and bought more of them.  But he said just wait, they’ll fill out and fill up the space.

I had my doubts. But mostly, I wanted the immediate gratification of a thick, lush flowerbed.  Patience is not always my strength.

Some things in life are like that.  We want something now, to see immediate results.  But many times, we have to wait.  Maybe we have to wait until we’ve saved enough money for something we want, or for a wound to heal, or for someone to see the light, or even water to boil!   We tap our fingers and feet, hope, pray and we wait.

But one day, maybe when we’ve just about given up, we look and the things we waited for, maybe even doubted would happen, are in front of us. Mother Nature is right – all we need is some patience.  

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Lynn H. Wyvill grew up in Washington DC where her favorite activity was sitting under a Japanese red maple tree, watching clouds create pictures in the sky. As a writer, she finds peace and inspiration when hiking in the woods, strolling on sandy beaches, and observing nature’s show in her backyard. Those experiences are captured in her first book, Nature’s Quiet Wisdom. Before writing books, Lynn worked as a radio/TV reporter and writer for the US Department of Agriculture and owned a consulting business that trained professionals on the creation and delivery of effective presentations. She is a lifelong learner, avid reader, small town explorer, and dedicated theater attendee who lives in beautiful Virginia with her husband.