New Life

Seeds.  Carry the blueprints for each living thing that will emerge from them.  This is a time of gestation/germination.  Winter brings us into quiet anticipation of the next phase of our lives.  We are invited to move through the gentle growth process.  We bring with us everything that we have stored from the previous season.  Something has begun that will usher us into the next level of fullness for our lives.  New life unfolds.

"[Winter] is a time that opens perceptions of what must still come upon us in the growth process.  It opens a vision of what we must still face within ourselves if we are to give birth to the higher.  ...This is reflected most profoundly in Nature, for it is when seeds germinate."

                                                                      --Ted Andrews

  

'Tis the Season

Greetings!  So many things are stirring at this large time.  New beginnings are encouraged out of humble settings.  Promises are being fulfilled.  Winter offers a natural time of gestation for these beginnings to be nurtured and to be developed gradually.  It's a quiet, potent time.  Potent as in having much potential.  We are invited to wait, to watch, to participate in the beauty of new life unfolding.  We seek a greater peace in the world.

"Let harmony of Spirit reign, and make all Earth a home
Where we can live, secure in peace, no matter where we roam."
                                      Unknown author--from a holiday card  

    

Grateful

Today I feel grateful.  This season affirms such a feeling.  I have experienced much provision.  I have received much abundance.  This time of harvest has provided much sustenance at many levels.  I feel great contentment and peace.  There is a simplicity in my life that feels joyful.  Today the glass is more than half full.  It feels like this has been a long time in coming.  And it could only happen with my openness.  Life is waiting to fill us up.

"Perhaps you have a rheostat for your dining room chandelier.  If so, you know that when you turn it up, you receive more light and power.  When you turn it down, light is diminished.  There is no miracle involved.  The full power is there all the time--you are the one who is controlling the level.  A turned-down rheostat might symbolize faith in lack; a turned-up rheostat, faith in abundance."           
                                                                     --Eric Butterworth  

Taking Steps

One foot in front of the other.  Staying open to all possibilities and opportunities.  Being present in the midst of a variety of life activities, changes, and challenges.  These are the current elements of walking my path.  This is the way I move through the Unknown.  I am wrapped in the care of All Mystery.  I am still moving.

"The spiritual journey involves going beyond hope and fear; it involves stepping into unknown territory and continually moving forward."
                                                              --Pema Chodron

Moving

Movement in life is ongoing.  Sometimes we roll with it.  Sometimes we initiate it.  Sometimes both experiences are happening simultaneously.  That's me right now.  I am experiencing much movement.  Geographically, physically, personally, emotionally.  BIG movement.  It is movement I asked for, and yet it can be overwhelming.  At the very least, it feels unfamiliar.  At its largest, it speaks to my deepest desires and the fulfillment of long-held dreams.  Certainly in a form that's suitable for me at this time.  But also in a way that speaks to me about what else is out there; what else can become my greater life experience.  There is an air of excitement; exhilaration.  Fullness and joy are natural outpourings.

"Stillness is what creates love.  
Movement is what creates life.
To be still and still moving--this is everything."
                             --Do Hyan  

Vision

Vision is less about seeing with the eyes and more about feeling with your entire being.  As I focus on my vision for my life, my sight comes from my heart and my gut.  From a place of what feels right and what doesn't.  We all have that sense within us, but layers of life have shrouded or dimmed that vision.  It now feels like it is time to peel back the layers so that a connection can be made between our vision and the Larger Vision.

"Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something.  It's our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit."
                                                                 --Mary Lou Retton 

Unfolding

I am participating in a remarkable process of unfolding.  By being my best self, by keeping on my path and staying the course, my life is moving in its best direction.  This happens through a daily attention to everything:  my daily activities, my surroundings, things I can see, and many that I can't.  This time requires a devotion to everyday events and occurrences.  Being in the moment.  Bountily.  Is that a word?  Somehow it describes my participation.  I am invited to yield all that I have to offer.  In fullness and joy.  In ordinary time with extraordinary experiences.

"The key is to be here, fully connected with the moment, paying attention to the details of ordinary life.  By taking care of ordinary things--our pots and pans, our clothing, our teeth--we rejoice in them.  When we scrub a vegetable or brush our hair, we are expressing appreciation:  friendship toward ourselves and toward the living quality that is found in everything."
                                                                        --Pema Chodron