Message of the Day - Natural Change

Good Morning,

 

Back in the early ‘90’s I worked at machine shop with an old timer who liked to share stories from his past and his experiences working with others. In one of his stories he talked about the mountain that was at the backdrop of our machine shop, the Shawannagunk Mountains (a single mountain referred to as a chain and pronounced as ‘Shon-gum’).

 

The old timer talked about how every thirty years or so, the mountain would catch on fire and burn the mountain laurels and other vegetation off. Then there would be re-birth and re-growth of the mountain’s plant life. As people started building houses and businesses up on the mountain, they worked hard to stop those fires.

 

In stopping the fires, the mountain’s natural cycle was held back. The problem was that when there was a fire, it seemed like it was making up for lost time by spreading far and fast unlike any other fires they have had in the past. After the fire was finally put out, the natural cycle of life would return.

 

How many other cycles of life are holding back with our challenging mother nature or other natural cycles? Probably many, and some we may not even realize.  

 

My message is not about what we are doing which is impacting natural cycles, rather to look at another aspect of this.  The bigger picture is that when the cycle does come and go, natural re-birth and re-growth will follow. There is some solace in that.

 

Life has many natural cycles, and when they go through their course, there is re-birth and re-growth.

 

Enjoy!

 

Sanford Berenberg

Sanford@berenberg.net

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