Spring Blossoms

I have been enjoying all of the bright blossoms that are emerging on the trees I see as I move through my day.  They are welcome signs that the challenging days of winter are giving way to warmth and growth.  Spring brings us the message that our best hopes have the potential to come to fruition; parts of us that have been dormant are rubbing the sleep from their eyes.  It is in this changing time of year that Spring blossoms, and so do we.

"May all that is unlived in you
Blossom into a future
Graced with love."

           --John O'Donohue     

Stepping Out

Stepping out--away from the known--into the Unknown.  It's a leap; it's a risk.  It's an invitation we can accept or decline.  Stepping into new beginnings is vital to our continued growth and expansion.  We release the old skin or shell so that we can grow into a new, more flexible one or larger one.  This process keeps us in touch with our soul selves and gives us the vitality to keep living at our growing edge.

"Awaken your spirit to adventure;

Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;

Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,

For your soul senses the world that awaits you."

                                  --John O'Donohue     

Letting Go/Beginning

Changes come.  We let go, we release.  We start again.  Plants have let go of their leaves and stems.  Animals have scaled back their outdoor wanderings.  All are hunkered down during winter's cold days.  As we are challenged by the changes of our times, we could take a lesson from these living beings since they are quite familiar with moving through this change process every year.  Change is constant and inevitable. Letting go and beginning again are essential elements for friendly change.  They bring us to a place of new life and creative promise.

"The hardest part of anything is the beginning, and the second hardest part is letting go when it's the end."                                           --E. Fritz

            

Cooperation

We are temporary guests in this home we call Earth.  We have behaved poorly as guests, taking advantage of and exploiting the gifts this home has shared with us.  I'm feeling like we have done more harm than good in our sojourn here.  Isn't it time we all, not just indigenous cultures, turned our attention toward partnering with the earth?  Cooperation could be life-changing and life-saving.

"Three primary essentials of genius--an eye that can see nature, a heart that can feel nature, and a boldness that dares follow it."

                                     --Welsh Bardic Triads 

Nothing, yet Something

I feel like I'm stepping up to write this post but I have no content.  That is exactly what some things are feeling like in my life right now.  I am open to receiving a whole new way of living in the world, and some things are coming into being, but many others are not clear and they are Unknown to me at this time.  Amazingly, I am okay with this, because I am feeling uplifted by the energy of change.  I am feeling the positive energy of forward movement, and that is keeping me open and engaged.  New things are on the horizon.  Love is the driving force.

"Love opens all doors.  I let it flow through me lavishly, abundantly, and generously."                                                    --Louise Hay  

    

Rising Above

As we move toward a politically charged election time I feel like moving away from all of the polarized energy that is getting outwardly expressed.  It feels important to me to focus on love, and on what can sustain us as citizens of the earth.  Larger values must be called into service to help us rise above the fray.  Higher beliefs are needed to carry us into a new world--a new way of being with all of life.

"The original instructions of the Creator are universal and valid for all time.  The essence of these instructions is compassion for all life and love for all creation.  We must realize that we do not live in a world of dead matter, but in a universe of living spirit.  Let us open our eyes to the sacredness of Mother Earth, or our eyes will be opened for us."

                                    --Native American elder David Monongye    

Being Patient

Slow down, I hear myself saying, even when something inside me is pushing at my seams.  I know this pushing is old energy--old pattern--and I try to see this from a place of objectivity.  I am moving naturally, authentically, and I know that my life path is unfolding as it is meant to.  So I let the inner voices, messages, and pleadings have their day because they are temporal, they are not the truth, and I know they need a way out of me so that they will be released.  So this is a time of being patient--with these old messages and with myself because time is what I need right now.  Time to move with the energies of inner and outer, and time to let the process go where it needs to go.  Everything is finding its way in harmony with the workings of the Universe.

"Release constriction and anxiety for there is no need for tension.  Savor the moment, and the waiting won't prove difficult.  Your heart knows what the ego often resists learning.  Patience pays off in deep and meaningful ways."

                                             --Colette Baron-Reid