It’s ok to let that go.
Summer is the expression of abundance and busyness, where the days are as long as the To Do list. There weren’t as many adventures this summer as many of us had hoped and a little more anxiety than I care to live with. But it feels well spent. And now I’m ready to let that go.
I’m easing into September with a sense of awe and wonder. I was raised with a healthy appreciation for the beauty of a sunset and the majesty of the mountains, the peace that comes with each pull of the ocean waves. I feel a sense of excitement with the change of each month and season, a feeling of newness and possibility and change. The good kind. Not the uncomfortable kind. Practicing even a mild awareness of how we are cyclical beings, made to live life in seasons of time, has opened a door of ease and acceptance that eluded me for a lifetime.
I’m starting to feel that same sense of excitement when the change is in me. That’s new. In my body, excitement feels like anxiety and fear. It feels like an unsettled stomach and racing thoughts. But the practice of adapting my days to the phases of my hormones and to the seasons of nature has brought a freedom to experience those feelings without judgment. With acceptance and grace. I am able to recognize it, experience it, and then decide it’s ok to let that go. And when I start to loosen my death grip on whatever it is I’m unwilling to release (which is all the things), I suddenly start to appreciate their temporal purpose. I can see now that they were there for a season and now it’s time to welcome in a different way to be.
I stop fighting.
I practice letting go.
I practice appreciating what was and welcoming what’s to come.
Summer, in all its abundance and adventure, is a beautiful escape from darkness. But now I begin to simplify and reconnect. I want to be profoundly present in fall. Fall is the transitional season of healing and balancing. It’s a time to focus in on your goals and complete projects. It’s a time to prepare for the grief and isolation of winter, which serves its purpose too.
Are you ready to reconnect or are you grasping at the last summer days of warmth, energy and activity? What are you ready to let go of?