Friday, January 23, 2009

Ashes to Ashes


When the groves of citrus trees stop producing, they are uprooted and burnt, readying the grove for tender new saplings. There are many kinds of burning that affect our lives also. There's burning passion: this usually happens during our youth when the soul reaches out to another and the body follows suit. Burning ambition: this concerns a career or a political position and can destroy those who do not use discretion. Burning desire: wanting something so badly you will do most anything to get it. Burning pain: Mental or physical, following the loss of a loved one or the aftermath of an operation. And of course, who can forget Moses and the Burning Bush? Maybe is we'd think about that a little more, we wouldn't be consumed by our personal fires.

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