Waiting...

earth breaking, originally uploaded by 2bamazed.

Took this while out trying to get images for this minor little drought we are having..
So interesting how things come and go in a cycle. It wasn't but a few months ago I was at this place reflecting over the flooded waters, this time over the dry, cracked earth..
As I walked this country road, along a field of corn on one side, soybeans on the other, I watched the heat just rise off the siloh. You could cut the humidity with a knife. Put in mind being in a sauna..That is what it has felt like here lately.. The clouds will roll in, heavy and daunting.. almost a tease for the farmers.. a few drops of rain, clash of thunder and lightning, and then its like a steam bath all over again.. Drying up everything in its path.
River banks running well below the normal levels, and the earth just cracking.. Like it is calling out to the heavens.. Okay, ready to drink..
So like I always do, reflect ... You could liken this whole scenario to one's life. When your at a point where you have nothing else to give, you are at the mercy of the one who sends the rains.. just like with the ground, cracks form, pressure bends one in ways you would have never imagined.. One is dry, emptied...
Then I smile.. :) Did you know that when things go dry, roots go deeper searching for water? Even though this patch of dry farmland looks scary, or bleak.. nah.. soon enough.... the rains will come, and just in the right timing, will soften the hard weathered ground to complete the process of this years seed sown.
Just as leaves turn over when in need of water, earth cracks, corn points to the sky.. We, feeling dehydrated, out of energy or strength can only drop to our knees.. A preparing of sorts.. almost genius.. A humbling experience.. When you wait... for the rain.

2b