Not quite a disturbance in the Force

but this morning's LA Times had this story about another bit of nature thought to be extinct. Every now and then God sends us these little gifts of hope. We see that what once was lost, has now been found. The Eriogonom truncatum is commonly known as Mount Diablo buckwheat and looks like pink baby's breath. It has not been seen since 1936. This comes on the heels of the reappearance last month of the ivory billed woodpecker which had also been hiding for over 60 years. These are gentle metaphors for things that we feared were lost or lifeless. For Heaven's sake, even the Democrats in Washington are showing signs of life! Some energy has brought these things out of obscurity and back into our awareness. I plan to give thanks for that and see if, like the Force, it can be tapped and used for good. I feel a peace sermon comin' on....