The desert greens up with the late summer rains, turning rock and sand into a carpet of lush growth. The drought resisters put on new leaves, and the drought evaders spring up, grow, and flower almost overnight. As we walked the Cottonwood Springs trail in the Franklin Mountains State Park, we were surrounded by an unusually lush Chihuahuan Desert. I was reminded of Isaiah 35, which anyone who has lived in the desert can relate to--a vision of the dry land blooming and suddenly filling with springs and waterholes as a metaphor for hope and joy.
Amid the rock and sunshine, life finds a foothold, as roots search for moisture brought by the monsoon winds.
"The rock, all matter, all life, is charged with dharmakaya . . . everything is emptiness and everything is compassion."
--Thomas Merton,
The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton
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