The Ripest Peach
“The ripest peach is the highest on the tree.” – James Whitcomb Riley
This obviously means that one must reach high to get the best. But it also means something else. It means that something out there, beyond your grasp, is ready to be for you. And you need to reach not just so you can get your nourishment, but so the peach can be used as it has been prepared to be used.
Take for example you have a job opportunity overseas. You can’t see the people there, you can’t see the apartment you might have or the landlord, or the people in the building you might get to know. You can’t see the co-workers, the people at the cafe you frequent, you can’t see any of the opportunities in detail just as you can’t see the peach’s ripeness in detail when you look at it from the ground.
But what you can know is that it isn’t just an opportunity for you, it is an opportunity for others as well. You are part of a multi-dimensional array of unseen events when you reach for the best, when you reach for what is ready.
Drawing © 2022 Marty Coleman | napkindad.com
