Cherry Yoga is Not the Pits!

Cherries have to be one of God’s sweetest creations.

 If you don’t believe me, ask the birds!

They  can strip a full grown cherry tree of its only-turned-ripe-this-very-moment cherries in one sitting.  

Without apology! 

Now I don’t mind sharing–that is what makes life sweet. 

 

Therefore, I take my role as teacher very seriously when it comes to teaching the birds to share.  Since I love brother and sister birds as much as St. Francis did, but am lacking his bird-sermon skills, I resort to Cherry Yoga.  That’s right, Cherry Yoga.  It may appear at first glance that Mike and I are merely stretching bird netting over the trees.  Hardly! 

See that right-arm stretch? And how about that neck stretch for the ‘ole jowls?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And tree pose has a whole new look:

Of course, the birds aren’t too pleased at being netted out.  But it’s not like we don’t honor them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Besides, we leave cherries on the trees for them when we finally de-net and pick. 

That’s when we stretch our compassion muscles.

But the tastiest work-out comes from perfecting our hand-to-mouth moves.  We’ve become masters at this. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For it requires that we spit out the pits.   And if it’s one thing I have learned during the past year, it is:

you cannot let life’s pits stop you from eating the fruit! 

 

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