It takes a lot of energy to flower
Maybe one of these days I will be more consistent in offering thoughts here. Maybe it will always be several months between posts. I’m not overly concerned about regularity, if only because I don’t like to write things just for the sake of writing things.
I’m not on any social media anymore, and this blog, if we want to call it that, is one of the few online and indirect ways I choose to share with folks known and unknown. I’d rather be thoughtful and share only when I know my words are worth putting out there. There is so very much that must be talked about, opined on, and raised up right now, but there are many people more knowledgeable and articulate than I doing so. And I may too when I feel what I can offer is needed in the conversation.
Over the last several months, I have taken a “mini-sabbatical.” Primarily from some of my leadership duties with The Wilderness Between, but I also did not attend many events during that time, and paused on doing workshops, group offerings, or what minimal “advertising” I do for Seek Sincerely. I continued to meet with folks who had ongoing sessions or made appointments, but I’m only now starting to poke those whom I haven’t heard from in a while.
This was the first time in 9 years I took a purposeful break from being actively involved in my spiritual communities. It was a little scary at first, and then I settled in to enjoying having more weekends with my spouse. Most importantly though, I took so much joy in seeing new things come to fruition in places where there was now more space for others to grow.
It did feel like strange time to take a break, when there has been so much uncertainty and scary shit happening in the world, but I knew-without-knowing that if I did not review, rest, and restructure some commitments that I was going to limit myself in the long run. I am ready now to get back in the woods, get back into community, and to go into my spiritual places and spiritual practices with my eyes, ears, and heart refreshed.
Spring is, naturally, our time to be reminded that it takes a lot of energy to grow and to flower. All that nourishment and energy stored in the dark of the earth, in the roots and the seeds, over winter is now flowing upward and outward. As the growing light and heat stirs the soft green leaves of the trees, as it grows the buds, spreads the blossoms, and stretches the seedlings from the soil, let it also move us to grow and share our beauty with those around us this season. There will be time again for rest as the wheel of the year turns.
