Following our star

 

During the sunny months of the year we readily spot remedy plants blooming in profusion –Gorse, Red and White Chestnut, Wild Rose and so on.  But also quietly flowering is Wild Oat, flourishing in unobserved places such as roadside verges.  If we are driving, the chances are we won’t notice it.  Our attention is fixed on the road ahead, our mind on our destination or the junctions and places we have to pass.  A metaphor perhaps for the need of Wild Oat in our lives.  We are so busy ‘going places’ that we can overlook the call to follow our true path. It’s rather like being comfortable with street lights at night and not looking beyond them in order to see the stars.

Exploring every avenue and byway in our life can provide lots of useful and enjoyable experience. But all the while we may be wondering if this is our true destiny and failing to see the direction we should be following.  As the ancient saying goes, we are looking at the finger rather than the moon it is pointing to.

When we become aware of this and start to ponder if we’re really following our true pathway, then taking Wild Oat will guide our thoughts and aspirations in the right direction, the one in which we may best fulfil our life’s purpose.

 

Photo: Ally Matson