It’s September
already and summer has gone….well and truly it feels here in Southwest France,
as the weather changed dramatically 10 days ago and the rain set in with
temperatures that dropped over 10 degrees. The nights are cold, and the days
are noticeably shortening. I feel my body tense and my spirits wane as I awaken
to drear and drab days, trying to drag myself up, wondering what happened to the
joy, lightness and optimism I felt over the summer….
Everything changes…cycles
come and go and I must remind myself to trust, accept “what is” and release
into what comes. Struggle only fatigues me when there is no changing a natural
cycle. With the breath each ‘inhale’ is followed by a release or ‘exhale’, and
each contraction of the heart must be followed by the releasing, letting go of
blood to the body.
Despite this
knowledge/understanding, I feel asadness and sorrow for what has gone, for the
hot, bright, carefree summer days. That is also the way ‘it is’, so feel this I
must, while remembering to trust, let go, and surrender to Fall…a time of
cooling down, before ‘sleeping’ in the winter… but first, harvest what has
been sown/planted.
What
have you planted? What is it time to harvest and enjoy
as fruits of your labor, as you relax and release into the quiet time before
the next sowing? Both planting and harvesting are parts of the cycle of growth,
and as the days shorten we can turn our attention inward to examine what we are
harvesting, and what we seek and intend from the bottom of our hearts to
create/grow for our next harvest. Now is the time… trust the process, release
and enter in faith a new season and another cycle.
Blessings,
Abigail
Abigail DeSoto
Transformational Coach & Psychosynthesis Guide, Teacher/Author
Transformational Coach & Psychosynthesis Guide, Teacher/Author
http://www.amazon.com/LAmour-Deraisonne-Reclaiming-Olivia-DeGage/dp/0961144475
