Island Wisdom

Our taxi mama Mrs. Thompson points to a green fruit growing on a tree. “What do you think that is?” To prompt us she says, “It turns purple. And you can eat the skin around the shell. Then you crack the shell and then you eat the nut.” Turns out, it’s an almond. Not the kind we grow in the Central Valley in California, I’m pretty sure.

I think I may adopt this wisdom as my guiding principle for 2012. Find the good and nourish yourself with what surrounds it, but get to the nut of the matter. Determine what tools you will need to crack the shell and dig for the meat. “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  Psalm 34:8

Do you have a resolution, mantra or guiding principle for 2012? Please share!