Stepping into a New Season

I reflect on how one season ends and another begins...

Like a circle, it goes round and round, and we revisit the same places...

I stand on the doorstep of the nascent fall season which invites a more vata-pacifing diet and lifestyle. It is a time of cooler evenings which come, oh - so suddenly and much more quickly that it did - just a mere few weeks ago...

It is a time for hot teas, and root vegetables, and for soups and stews...

It is a time for centering, and nesting, and going more deeply within...

And it is a time for greater clarity...

I thought of this, as I went down to the river one morning this past week, and was struck by how I could see so clearly to the bottom of the riverbed, even though the water itself was far from clear...

After weeks of purging and cleansing and de-cluttering - knowing that there is still so much to do - I have started to downshift. Yes, there is much to do, but it does not all have to be done at once...

I ease into the new season and the gifts and blessings that it will bring...

May this season be filled with blessings, an abundant harvest, and rich life experiences!

Comments

Susan said…
Thank you, Olga. May you continue to walk with ease.
Susan
September 8, 2013 at 1:08 PM
Susan said…
Thanks, Olga. May you continue to walk forward with ease.
Susan
September 8, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Olga Rasmussen said…
Thank you so much Susan! May you continue to walk forward with ease as well!

Blessings,
Olga
September 8, 2013 at 2:48 PM
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