Just as in nature a plant grows, withers, seems to die, and is reborn … so Nature teaches us to wait patiently, knowing that Spring is always on its way.

Just as in nature a plant grows, withers, seems to die, and is reborn … so Nature teaches us to wait patiently, knowing that Spring is always on its way.

I don’t know if the phrase ‘school of life’ is still used these days, but it suggests that our life is made up of a series of lessons and that, hopefully, at the end we may pass the examination! The simple practice of meditation enables us, when we hit a major setback, not to despair, but rather to ask what we have to learn from this experience.