Thursday, May 17, 2012

Graceful Viburnum

Double-file viburnums are in bloom. These architectural-looking shrubs grow up to 8 feet tall. Their "arms" stretch out to about 8 feet wide, and clusters of white wrist corsages cover their arms, all the way to the "shoulder."

The dancer-like grace of this shrub thrills every visitor.

I planted this white-blooming shrub in between a magenta rhododendron and a raspberry-colored rhododendron. Wasn't i just complaining about the magenta-raspberry color combination 2 days ago? White "cures" it. Place white between any 2 "hard" colors, and it's remarkable how they suddenly get along with each other. We could say white is a cure-all.

Mindfulness is the cure-all we can bring to any situation. Mindfulness "cures" us (one moment at a time) of the next desire or the next hard judgment we were about lay on someone. Mindfulness adds grace to our words and to our actions.


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