I can really feel fall now--can you? The air is cooler, the mornings seem a bit dimmer, and I am turning on the lights in my office in the late evening. I have spoken before about how I feel myself beginning to turn inward, but now that sense of taking stock is very present. I think our animal siblings making sure that they have enough food for the winter. I think this is an impulse we still have, even if we get our food at the grocery store, not from our own storehouses.
At our circle last month, we asked for a teaching for this time of year, to guide us in this process of turning inward. My spirits spoke to me about balance in different areas of life. I am still sitting with this teaching, looking at what feels like too much, and what feels like not enough. Balance isn't something we achieve, it's something we continue to find, and lose, and find again.
I took the picture below last week, as I was becoming more and more aware of the cooler air and shortening days. This rose stands at the side of my driveway, all by herself. She is almost 6 feet tall, well over my head. She reminds me that this is a season of transition, of balance, sitting between summer and winter. Here I am, she says to me. The flowers are still here. Don't hibernate yet!
I am grateful for the still-warm days, and for the cooler nights. I am grateful to put on a sweater and then take it off. Much gratitude to the changing seasons, which take us on a path of discovery.
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