Good Evening Mr. Luna

May 27, 2010

As large and fragile as a leaf, as still as the night, a visitor came to my window the other night. I was feeling overwhelmed. Things I had planned were not coming together as quickly as I wanted. I felt frantic and harried. And, then came my visitor. I looked into the black kitchen window, and highlighted there on the window pane was the first Luna moth of the summer. It was still and calm and quiet. I have read that these giant beauties are not endangered at all, but it seems I see them so infrequently, I would have thought the opposite was true. So seeing this one now, I felt like I had been handed a cherished gift. The site of it stilled my thoughts. A little member of nature’s wild society had been thrown on my suburban window. It made me smile and remember: I can plan all I want, set goals all I want, but ultimately I’d better be ready to change course, and with a cheerful heart. I’m looking forward to seeing what the rest of summer brings.

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