Due to the abundance of rain in the last few weeks, clover has positively taken over. {oh look! I’m a poet and I didn’t even know it!}
If you’ve no experience with wild clover, I’ll tell you this: it’s evil. It has, you see, control problems. You spot a teeny-tiny bit one minute, the next it’s completely taken over. And heaven forbid it should creep into your flower beds–wild clover entertwines with your flowers and they’re doomed. It’s a grim scenario–and one that just so happens to be taking place in one of my beds at this very moment. *sigh*
Needless to say, wild clover is not my friend … until …
I meandered out to get the mail the other day–on the way back to the house, something caught my eye. What in the world? I said. Out loud, as usual. Backstepping, I went in for a closer look … and there, in a crack in the driveway, was a wee four-leaf clover.
Amazing how one extra leaf can change your whole perspective. Suddenly, it was no longer the bane of my existance … it was a bit of magic, right in my own front yard.
You know, in the middle ages, a four leaf clover symoblized God the Father, Son, Holy Spirit … and an extra ounce of Grace. I can tell you now, at the very moment you happen upon a four-leaf clover–right when you need it most–it certainly feels like added grace.
Today, of course, a four leaf clover symbolizes Faith, Hope, Love … and a dash of Luck. Finding one does fill you with a sense of wonder–you can’t help but smile, just thinking something good might be in store–and that, my friends, is very lucky indeed.
Added grace, a dash of luck–not bad for an ordinary afternoon …
what a lovely picture – i remember as a kid searching and searching the lawn for four leaf clovers!!
Ohhh, I love this post and that photo!! I'm still smiling! 🙂 I didn't know the symbolism of a four leaf clover {now or then}…well, except I knew the luck part! And it sure is amazing how perspectives change with one little leaf.
ps..I love your banner! 🙂
Thank you … I’ll pass on the banner kudos to my brother! 🙂
You know, I have never found a four leaf clover. Ever. But, my daughter just found her first one last week. We have it, of course.
Luck passes from one family member to another … pretty sure … 🙂