We are told, “All good things come to those who wait.” What does this mean? Does it mean that patience produces results alongside the development of resilience?

What would happen if I left my camera and my phone behind and simply sat in Nature?  We are encouraged that this is good for our health (check out Another Sally and Rowan on the Moor’s regular Natural feasts – the first two Moodscopers that sprung to mind and there are many others).

Thus, I sat.  Still.  Now.

The first ‘good thing’ came from closing my eyes and listening. Is it the same for you? When I close my eyes and listen, there jumps into my awareness a much more powerful spatial awareness of the world around me. Especially the birdsong, and the lazy drunken drone of a solitary bumblebee flying chaotically past me. I suspect my conscious awareness of sound follows the focus of my eyes when they are open. When vision is paused, surround-sound is switched on.

I was by a fountain.  It sounded musical as the drops cascaded and collided and splashed playfully.  There was a flutter.  Eyes open – I watched a Goldcrest about its ablutions – enchanting.

This feast for the senses was only available because I had sat still for what seemed like ten minutes while humans passed me by.  The good things came in the stillness.

Exploring further, I saw my first ever Dotted Bee-Fly (Bombylius discolor)! This mimics the size and style of a Bumblebee, and hovers like a hummingbird. Its protruding proboscis seemed as long as its body as it drunk nectar from Muscari (or was it Muscatel?)

Sitting still again, watching the bird-feeders, yielded minutes with a Greater Spotted Woodpecker. He or she had given her presence away through their call, but to see them feasting on the nuts provided was a bonus.

May I encourage you to sit, still, in Nature for 15 minutes this week? I watched other visitors to the Gardens having a lovely time.  Many walked and chatted. Families played and laughed and enjoyed one another’s company. But I, alone, in solitude was treated to rarer pleasures.

The result? I felt all good things came to me. Nature came to me as I waited. And I felt all the better for it…

Lex

A Moodscope member