Me, A comma, a dandelion and the wisdom of Gracie

"Never place a period where God has placed a comma." 

Gracie Allen (ditzy comedienne)

I have a book of sayings. Things that come from all walks of life. Both the enlightened and the unenlightened. The saved and unsaved. Saints and non-saints. Ordinary people. Famous people. Children. Elderly. Wise men. Foolish men with a flash of genius. 
Everyone.
I read one of these sayings every day and make them my inspiration for the day. I like these sayings because I think they show that we are all pretty much ok the way we are. Wisdom is not the property of enlightened Gurus and their editors.
 I read this quote from Gracie Allen (singing, dancing, awesome comedy queen of the silver screen). I didn't know until I started this post that this quote has a recent controversial religious and political History.


Since everything is in bloom at my house and the lawn is growing like gang busters, I went out to do a little yard clean up. There were three dandelions in my yard.  Last week my mother commented that they "sure are healthy ones". Yup. Big (huge) yellow flowers with thick, dark healthy leaves. I like dandelions. They are a weed of course, but they are an admirable weed. They are hearty and tenacious. They have nice flowers that turn into "fairy puffs". I have fond childhood memories of making wishes and blowing the seed off the stalk. They are survivors.


We have a kind of cork screw weeding device that pulls a weed roots and all from the ground. Normally I throw them out (PERIOD) but on this day my doggy and I took a stroll by the river and threw the old dandelion plants out into a field of weeds along the river bank. I wondered what would happen if I put a comma where the period usually is. A few days later we walked by and the yellow flowers on my discarded weeds had turned into fairy puffs. So their seeds will be added to the field of weeds and the field of weeds will become "healthy ones".  The wind will probably eventually bring their descendants back to my front yard. I doubted that this could in anyway be a positive outcome, but I thought I would look to see if dandelions had any redeeming attributes. I was surprised to learn that they were actually brought on purpose from the old world to the new world. They are completely edible and very healthy to the wildlife.

Wildlife love it.

Geese, ducks, and quail often eat the flower and seed heads. Blackbirds and sparrows love the seeds, while deer, moose, elk, black bears, grizzlies, chipmunks and prairie dogs eat the plants.
dandelion

Wow! How cool is that? The ducks, geese and deer down by the river are going to be dining on the descendants of my healthy dandelions all courtesy of Gracies comma!


Who needs a Guru to tell us about the mysteries of life? 
We have each other and we have dandelions.


Peace and Best Wishes,
Katie


"What is a weed? A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." -- Emerson