Spring Peepers

After lunch today, I went for a bicycle ride up the quiet road towards the fields and farms near my home. It was so beautiful! Blue sky, puffy white clouds, warm sunshine on my back, and the woody scents of hemlocks, pines, and spruce trees breathing the fresh spring air relaxed me completely. Then I rode by a vernal pond and stopped at the chorus of spring peepers singing their little hearts out with joy for this gorgeous day. Now, this wasn't the high-pitched peeper cadence you might hear beside a river at dusk, but the gulping of peeper frogs, chirping excitedly about the afternoon. So I took a video of it to share with you.

The spring peeper can "help you evolve into your next becoming," Maia Toll writes in her book, The Illustrated Bestiary. She continues, "These wee frogs remind you to embrace your innate ability to evolve, especially when you think you've forgotten how...they can teach you to slip out of your comfort zone and swim away from your home pond to take in the view from the trees.

• Think about where you are comfortable, where you feel at home, and can breathe easily.

• Now challenge yourself to do something that feels out of your element...simply try something new. See how it alters the way you think, feel, and breathe!

How many times have you reincarnated in this lifetime? The peepers hibernate in winter deep in the mud at a pond's edge, and in spring, they thaw to a new life. What would your life look like if you reincarnated this spring and started becoming a new you? How many times have you begun anew? And each time, how did you grow, and what did you learn?(Maia Toll)

What is inside you that you'd like to open up to this spring? What would you love to sing joyfully about like those little peepers? Write me a note and share it with me. I'd like to hear from you.