Roses are my favorite flower. When I was living in Japan, I used to buy roses occasionally as a reward for myself. Roses are expensive in Japan so that I could not buy it often. I had wished to have my own rose bushes in my yard in the future so that I can enjoy the energy of roses every day.
When I moved to my current house, my old wish had come true naturally. In my current house, right next to our entrance door, we have red, yellow, and white roses in different sizes. Every morning when we leave the house, the roses see us off with their pretty faces. Every evening when we come back from school or work, the roses welcome us with their gentle fragrance. I feel really blessed.
I thought about the blessings from the land. And I noticed that each land has been offering their unique blessings to us.
I had lived my first 40 years in Japan. My residences in Japan were always within walking distance to the ocean and the beach. The last residence I bought had three windows that were facing to the ocean. Every day after I had a stressful day from the work, I would just open the window, watch the ocean surface, and listen to the sound of ocean waves. By doing so, I would recover my calm state. The ocean had been playing its role as my great natural medicine.
Now I moved to Arizona, and I am far away from the ocean. In the first several years, I had seriously missed the healing energy from the ocean.
But one of those days, I suddenly noticed I am surrounded by another types of the healing energy. They are from the plants in Arizona.
At the current house, we have a spacious yard where we have planted a variety of plants. We have an apple tree and a tree with lots of small green leaves. We have sage, mint, marigold, delphinium, lavender, margaret, and geranium.
I remember when I was visited my friend who had a spacious yard in my childhood, she would pick some green leaves and flowers from her yard and made it a small bouquet and gave it to me as a souvenir. I used to enjoy her small gift. Now I can do the same thing to my friends and share the natural energy with my friends, here in Arizona.
We tend to take it for granted that we have constantly been receiving the healing energy from nature. So, let’s show our appreciation to their existences.
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