{"id":2263,"date":"2016-02-19T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2016-02-19T13:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T21:00:26","slug":"spring-living-forwards-and-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/19\/spring-living-forwards-and-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring: living forwards and backwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2266\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2266\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2266 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/240-springcowschapel.jpg?resize=432%2C576\" alt=\"240. Springcows&amp;amp;chapel\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop&#8217;s Ranch in full Spring.\u00a0 My latest painting.\u00a0 Full of life and promise.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015 S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard<\/p>\n<p>I came across this quote a while ago and stuck it in my \u201cfood for thought folder\u201d. Something about it rings so true. When we sit in the fresh days of new spring \u2013 living forwards \u2013 we experience it in the moment \u2013yes- but we really understand it only by looking back, the blooming narcissus, the bright smiling daffodils, the flittering birds, the dancing young cows\u2013 remind us of what is coming\u2013 our knowledge of springs past informs our anticipation of the coming warmth and the regreening of our world. The anticipation invites a regreening of our hearts that is particular to spring. The circle of time, the renewal of the seasons year after year allows us to straddle the moving forward and the looking backwards. To experience the tingle up the spine and scalp as the new spring sun warms your back for the first time in months is about that particular moment but also about every spring you have ever known and every time you have felt that first warming, thawing, melting moment and your heart and body knows that spring is coming again- all praise to the universe- the spinning earth around our warming sun- welcome back spring thank you, thank you, thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.\u201d \u2015 S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard I came across this quote a while ago and stuck it in my \u201cfood for thought folder\u201d. Something about it rings so true. 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