One of the delights of living in the countryside during this
spring and summer time of lockdown has
I have noticed many more happy birds singing and building
their nests, more bees happily buzzing, but most of all I have been thrilled
to see so many more butterflies around.
One of my favourite television programmes is BBC1's
Countryfile, and a few weeks ago there was a delightful feature about a young
woman who is a butterfly expert and it showed her looking at the abundant
butterflies with her children in the fields near where she lives. She was
pointing out their exquisite beauty and infinite variety. It made me want to
look even more closely at every butterfly I see and marvel at the wonder of
God`s creation.
White Eagle tells us (in Spiritual Unfoldment Volume 2),
`There is nothing haphazard in creation, all is perfection - perfect rhythm,
perfect form, exactness in every detail. Think for a moment of the beauty of
the colour and texture of the butterfly`s wings and reflect that, in order to
see its full beauty, you need to look through a miscrosope and to focus a
clearer, more powerful light upon it ... look for beauty in your everyday
life. Do not take things for granted.`
I think this is another important lockdown lesson - not to
take things for granted, and take greater care of what we have in our beautiful
world, and of our loved ones too (as I wrote last time).
Something else which butterflies can teach us is to value
the moment and live in the `now`. We need to give our full attention to what
is right in front of our eyes (e.g. the exquisite beauty of a peacock, red
admiral or orange tip butterflies` wings!) instead of allowing the busy
everyday mind to wander on to other thoughts. Nothing lasts for ever, this is
one of the facts of life. Butterflies teach us this. Their little lives
are short. Our lives are short in the perspective of eternity, and every moment
is an opportunity which may not come again - to give someone we love our
time, our full attention, our happy smile, some words of comfort and
encouragement. Receiving simple little gifts like this can change our days
and bring the sunshine out from behind the clouds!
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