The Hedge

It was not even on my list of things to do.  I value initiative in my kids so when hard working son decided that the old scrawny hedge needed to be taken down, down it came.  He attacked it with a vengeance.  Roots were pervasive and knit together like a wire mat.  Piles of debris. The trees themselves contributed  to a whole new row of good heating wood for the wood stove.

The final effect was completely surprising.  Light streaming in. Space opened.  New vistas and views. A whole new lovely corner of the house.  Room now for new and more interesting plant delights.
I had't really even noticed the oppression and ugliness of the hedge.  I never would have thought of taking it down.  It was just there and always had been.  Somehow thought I needed that boundary.

What other hedges are stuck in my life, bringing unnoticed darkness and unnecessary walls?
Clearing.  Open.  Thanks to others in my life to help me see these oppressive corners and unneeded hedges.
May I clear out the ragged and dead places in me, to allow the light and vistas and potential for newness to grow.