"It does not astonish or make us angry that it takes a
whole year to bring into the house three great white
peonies and two pale blue iris. It seems altogether
right and appropriate that these glories are earned
with long patience and faith. . . . and also that it is
altogether right and appropriate that they cannot last.
Yet in our human relations we are outraged when
the supreme moments, the moments of flowering,
must be waited for. . . . and then cannot last. We
reach a summit, and then have to go down again."
whole year to bring into the house three great white
peonies and two pale blue iris. It seems altogether
right and appropriate that these glories are earned
with long patience and faith. . . . and also that it is
altogether right and appropriate that they cannot last.
Yet in our human relations we are outraged when
the supreme moments, the moments of flowering,
must be waited for. . . . and then cannot last. We
reach a summit, and then have to go down again."
May Sarton
Living as we do in the presence of growing flowers it makes all the more sense.. I am inspired to find more of this special and widely acclaimed writer and to invite her into my garden...
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