Random Act of Metaphor: An American Lady on My Windowsill

Hmmm, who should I thankfor the reminder of how fortunate I am?

This past week was afrustrating one for me. Just as I was wrapping up a week of vacation, mytemperamental back decided to act up. No rhyme or reason to it – just thetelltale shooting pain across the low back and the low back muscles going intospasm. If you suffer from back problems, you know how miserable it feels.

I took sick days on Mondayand Tuesday. On Wednesday I decided I had to tough it out and get back behindmy desk. Sifting through 160 e-mails that piled up since the last time I loggedin was the unenviable task ahead of me.

After an hour I stood upto move around a bit and glanced out the window. Much to my surprise an American Lady butterfly was perched onthe windowsill. It is not unusual to see this particular butterfly at this timeof year but unexpected to see one starting back at me from the windowsill.

This American Lady had its wings closed  showing the somewhat drab outer wing. But Iknew as the day warmed up it would spread its wings and show off the beautiful orange,black and white markings of the outer wing. And that reminded me that my backspasm was only a temporary condition that would clear up in a few days.

An American Lady on mywindowsill – a random act of metaphor to remind me that my little pains andgrievances are small stuff in the scope of what is happening in the world todayand that my blessings much outweigh my occasional misfortunes.

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