Recently I attended a gathering celebrating the Spring Equinox. A farming friend shared an update that inspired the following thoughts.
Out in the fields, orchards, and gardens it's a time of rebirth, green sprouts, and new growth. It's also a time of cold nights, final frosts, and hardening off. In short it's a risky moment! New growth is bursting forth yet without any guarantee that it will survive. In fact there's a good chance some of it won't. A call for vulnerability with very little security. Apparently that's what being vulnerable is all about; choosing to sprout, jump in with both feet, launch out into the river without any attachment to what the outcome or ultimate destination will be. Kind of like Easter eggs that kids love to dye and decorate and then remain uneaten in the fridge for weeks. Apparently being vulnerable is more about the process than the product.
For you too the time for conserving your energy and hibernating is over. This is a moment to get out there. Pursue something fabulous that has been calling to you. Take action on that possibility that has been marinating over the winter. Be emboldened by the germinating seeds and bright green buds to expand out regardless of what cold nights or set backs may come. Trust in what the seeds know; while not all will survive, many will. The important thing is to open up and allow life to flow. Let go of knowing when, where, or how long. And in the words of my friend, Anne Key, ". . get ready to be swept into the heady and glorious flood of new life!"
Karen
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