Friends,
We only have a few more days left until winter.
And as we move closer, we as what the coming season holds for us.
We release.
Yesterday we claimed, or reclaimed, something.
Today, we release it.
Autumn is about gathering in, and sometimes, winter is about letting go so that we can go inward with less stuff.
We go inward so that we can hold space and love and assess who we are and where we are headed. That’s what wintering allows us to do. But in order to get there, we’ve got to release.
What are you releasing?
Despite what we think, I’m not sure we ever release anything only once. No, release is a years-long process, a lot like breathing, a lot like living, grieving, asking what the hell it all means. And when we get here, to life transitions or season changes, here we go again, a little more release, a little more breath, as we remember what got us here. If I think this one ceremony will release it all, all I’ve been carrying, I’ll never truly let go, or worse, I’ll never begin, never even approach the altar to ask what I might learn from myself there. So we approach gently, quietly, burdens carried in our arms so that everyone can see, breath coming and going so that we know this moment will mean something, at least for this day, this season. And there, at the altar, we release, let go, cry out, surrender, leaving with our arms empty and our futures full, leaving because we took the time to welcome release.
Release
“For everything there is a season, and a time …” (Ecclesiastes 3)
And some things may not yet be ripe for plucking up –-
Or maybe it’s where they land.
Maybe anger, dread, and sadness are still in season.
But can I realign their targets?
Can I lighten their life-sapping power,
And build up their capacity to heal?
To build up and not tear down.
To gather and not throw away.
To move toward the time for dancing.
I’m loving te practice of reading all the poems and thoughts either coffee. Thank you all!
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