The Power of A Waterfall

It is all over the news! Everywhere you look there are pictures of the Waterfalls at Yosemite! The biggest, most amazing Falls weyou will see in Yosemite possibly in our lifetimes! The snow has added amazing power to these beauties. What is the pull we feel and why do we venture back again and again? Can they be all that! With each new set of visitors we drive up into the mountains and each time there is the thrill and excitement to see if they really are all they are reported to be!!! As you near Bridal Veil Falls you pass by those who have ventured there before you!They come down the path soaked from top to bottom! And this begins the growing feeling of excitement that takes over you from deep inside. As you near the base, you hear the thunder, you feel the shake of the earth below your feet and you are covered with the cold mist as the winds blow against you! It is exciting and humbling all at once. To witness such power! To be surrounded by such an energy! To stand in complete awe at the base of the Fall, being soaked with a freezing spray and yet not being able to move away! This is a power one cannot explain to its fullest! These moments can only truely be experienced standing there and feeling the powerand intense energy all about you! This is Mother Nature at her greatest! It is an experience that should fill the news programs. A sight that people from all over the planet come to experience and one that keeps you coming back for more! Will I ever walk to the base of this Fall and not realize the enormity of the Universe? As the snowmelt lessens and the Falls soften, will I find their power over me lessening? I hope not. I anxiously await late summer when I can step into the base of the waterfall and feel the fresh, cold waters of the Falls! This too will bring with it a blessing I imagine that can only be understood by experiencing it firsthand! During this week of Summer Solstice, may you each look around you and venture out to see the beauty and yes the power at work all around that Mother Nature continues to shine upon us!