“Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better.”
– Albert Einstein
In honor of Mother’s Day, my family organized a visit to Garden of the Phoenix on our way home from Chicago. To my surprise, the parking lot was full of potholes and trash. Chain link fences separated Jackson Park from the roar of cars barreling by on Lakeshore Drive. We followed the path, but I questioned whether we were in the right place. The scraggly trees and shrubs hasn’t been what I’d expected.
We kept going deeper into the park and found ourselves on an island oasis—a beautiful Japanese garden with a bridge, koi fish, vibrant azaleas, stone walkways and pagoda statues. Three waterfalls roared louder than the cars we could no longer see. With the garden to ourselves on a Sunday morning, I imagined few knew about this well-hidden haven, a sanctuary on the south side of Chicago.
When have initial hesitancies disappeared by going into more depth?
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