April Showers

April showers bring May flowers...

I’ve always thought of this rhyme as a metaphor meaning “even the bad things can have good results.” The clouds and rain showers are things that humans generally do not appreciate and enjoy, but they make the flowers grow and we do love those, right? That’s a nice enough message :)

The other night as I was contemplating everything that had synchronistically come together in my life to make it possible for me to enjoy a summer in Europe, it occurred to me there is yet another meaning.

If we consider the rain showers to be our own actions, no matter how tiny or large, then even the tiny actions we take today to nourish our projects, goals, and dreams will result in a sprouting garden and blooming flowers in the months to come. We have some amount of choice about how many flowers we’ll enjoy in our lives, and it all starts with choosing to nourish and feed those seedlings with clean fresh water.

Even the smallest steps toward our goals and dreams move us forward – just as the tiniest raindrops still wet the seeds so they can begin to take root and grow. Every bit of carefully focused action brings our dreams closer to fruition.

What are you doing today to nurture your dreams so they will bloom for you in the months and years to come?

I encourage you to look at what you’d like to grow in your life, and take just a few tiny steps each day or week to move those forward. Before you know it, you’ll have a lush garden, ripe with your own dreams.