Diamonds in the Web

Rain continued through the night and I awoke to the wonderful sound of droplets falling from leaves. Fog wrapped the forest and just as my usual walk time approached, the downpour stopped. I excitedly put on my shoes and headed out the door.

At each of our entrances, spiders have constructed huge webs. At every door except our front door they build without concern over how unpleasant a mouth full of spider silk can be when you are barely awake. Our front entrance spider is considerate. She builds her web over half the steps and leaves one side open for us. I still look though because there’s nothing quite so shocking as a fat spider sitting on your nose.

This morning there was no need to look as rain droplets still clung to the web creating beautiful diamonds that sparkled in the morning light. I sprinted back inside for my macro lens and camera and enjoyed a few minutes of attempting to capture this most excellent art.

Years ago I wrote a little song called Diamonds in the Web. A few of the words are: “We are diamonds in the web, watch us shine.” This morning’s diamond-draped silk reminded me that each of us that works to bring truth and light to the planet are little points of light. We might get discouraged at negativity directed toward us or at the darkness that seems to arise in the news daily. If we remember that we’re not working alone, that there are others giving a 100% effort to being beacons of light, we become stronger–like the weavings of the spider. May we remember our place in the web of life and allow our inner light to glow and grow.