![]()
There is a palm tree beside the pool. It’s tall and beautiful and it does one thing I do not like. It drops all these little flowers in the pool every time there is any wind. When I go out and see all that mess in the pool I have to get it out. It just does not look right…it just looks messy.
The other day I went out to the pool and sure enough it was cluttered with the stuff from the palm tree. I got the net, cleaned it all out, and the pool was beautiful. I got in, swam around a bit, and then got on one of those great floats that, when you lay on them, will submerge just below the surface of the water so you can stay cool.
I’m sure you have already figured out what occurs next. Just as I got real comfortable on that float a big wind came up and the little flowers begin to fall…almost like snow. They covered the pool and me.
I sat for a while looking up at that tree and thinking about what had just happened. I realized that Palm tree is doing exactly what it is suppose to do. There is nothing wrong here. I got this same revelation awhile back about a Pecan tree that loses its limbs at inopportune times and they fall on inconvenient (for me) places.
However, my revelation this time was a little different. Here it is:
Sometimes…when you are doing exactly what you are suppose to do…to those that do not understand your purpose…it just looks like a big mess in the pool!
Welcome to our little world. I saw one of your first pictures today. It was your first of many I'm sure. This is a pretty long trip so its okay to get lots of pictures. I wanted to write you a quick note and tell you just how excited we all are that you are here. 
