Well, the sakura blossoms have come and gone. They are a great metaphor for life. But, I think people take the wrong msg.
Since its pedals are so fragile and last for such a short period of time, most people see sakura as ephemeral.
In other words, life is short.
But, sakura trees bloom consistently year after year, in good times and bad, in good soil and bad.
Sakura are not fragile; to judge them so would be, as Kahlil Gibran says, "to reckon the power of ocean by the frailty of its foam."
That's what I was thinking this morning when I work up this morning.
Photo: Hiroshi Kamezaki
