I am Tulip.  Winter's gone and spring is here.  Life is welling upward.  Life is swelling all around.

          I am Tulip.  For everything there is a season.  My season is the springtime.  My season is the renewal of Life.  My season is the return of warmth.

          I am Tulip.  But look carefully inside you.  Can you see that every day is the first day of spring?  That every day glows in the return of warmth?  That every day holds the renewal of Life?

          I am Tulip.  Like so much else, the seasons are within you.  Your response need not mirror the outside world.

          I am Tulip.  So what if it is the deepest part of winter?  So what if snow and ice are all around?  Within your heart, spring just sprang.

          I am Tulip.  Come tiptoe through the garden with me.