Today a tree along the Cosmic Walk trail at Prairiewoods offers us a visual meditation on finding new meaning in the midst of chaos.
Please spend some time visually reflecting with this rare tree. What wisdom does it offer you today?
As we all strive to discover meaning within world circumstances, we note the words of Margaret Wheatley:
“It is a world of interconnected networks, where slight disturbances in one part of the system create major impacts far from where they originate. In this highly sensitive system, the most minute actions can blow up into massive disruptions and chaos. But it is also a world that seeks order. When chaos erupts, it not only destroys the current structure, it also creates the conditions for new order to emerge. Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.”
—Margaret J. Wheatley, “Leadership Lessons for The Real World,” Leader to Leader Magazine, 2006
May we all note the meaning nature offers us right before our eyes.
—Ann Jackson, PBVM, Prairiewoods spiritual services coordinator