I came back from a week spent living in ... a forest, literally. I'd been living among Ponderosa Pine and Cedars (for which I am grateful, I have been needing for the longest time to harvest some sacred cedar, and poof, there they were, in front and back of my mother-in-law's house).
While it is impossible to see a mountain close by or the far horizon either from inside the forest, it is possible to look UP, and I did have a wonderful week of moon and star gazing in the dark of the wooded area. We watched for the deer as they came through the greenbelt, and the singing of the many birds was a joy to hear. Our dog enjoyed the freedom, smells, sounds and different kind of squirrels compared to what is at home. Daffodils were blooming, almond trees and quince showing their special spring frocks, and the air carried the promise of Spring the week before the Equinox.
During this winter cycle, I have been unwilling to look at some details, but I have also been unwilling to look at the large picture. I attended a free business plan webinar for massage therapists and bodyworkers through my trade association, and between the ideas and actions outlined there, and some spiritual work where it's necessary to LOOK at what I really want, I find I've been retreating.
The good news is I realize this and feel okay about it. I am reacting, unthinkingly in some ways, but am also living a more instinctual life. I have been needing to lie fallow for a time - and the why of that I'm not entirely sure. Now that the energy of growth is here, and the sun is staying longer in the sky (except when hidden by clouds during these late storms) , and soon the time will arrive for this next phase of work, energy, growth, and nurturing a part of my life into new opportunity. It reminds me of gardening.
While it is impossible to see a mountain close by or the far horizon either from inside the forest, it is possible to look UP, and I did have a wonderful week of moon and star gazing in the dark of the wooded area. We watched for the deer as they came through the greenbelt, and the singing of the many birds was a joy to hear. Our dog enjoyed the freedom, smells, sounds and different kind of squirrels compared to what is at home. Daffodils were blooming, almond trees and quince showing their special spring frocks, and the air carried the promise of Spring the week before the Equinox.
During this winter cycle, I have been unwilling to look at some details, but I have also been unwilling to look at the large picture. I attended a free business plan webinar for massage therapists and bodyworkers through my trade association, and between the ideas and actions outlined there, and some spiritual work where it's necessary to LOOK at what I really want, I find I've been retreating.
The good news is I realize this and feel okay about it. I am reacting, unthinkingly in some ways, but am also living a more instinctual life. I have been needing to lie fallow for a time - and the why of that I'm not entirely sure. Now that the energy of growth is here, and the sun is staying longer in the sky (except when hidden by clouds during these late storms) , and soon the time will arrive for this next phase of work, energy, growth, and nurturing a part of my life into new opportunity. It reminds me of gardening.
