Spring has arrived! Today marks the 5th day of the new season! When I open my windows and doors, I can hear the sounds of the birds cooing, smell the freshness of the air, and see the trees beginning to fill with buds. Fourteen baby ducks have recently taken up residence at my local pond, exploring this new world with adorable excitement. It is a time for renewal and hope, creation and birth...
How odd a season this is in the middle of all the craziness we are facing. Spring is a time the world comes alive, but it feels like ours is shutting down and closing up; It feels like we are in the throws of a brutal winter rather than at the doorstep of a blossoming spring.
But, in many ways, this is a new beginning. A re-write. A fresh start. We are being asked to see the world as infants do, learning constantly, and taking each moment as it comes. There are no givens in a moment like this. Life is being re-written around us. We, like the baby ducks, are learning what it looks like to swim. We are learning how to take our first steps into a new reality.
I know for me this Spring brings a lot of newness into my life, and I am offered a unique opportunity to embrace it fully, taking each moment as a novel, new, and beautiful invitation. Instead of focusing on the future, like I tend to do, I am being asked to sit in this moment, this day, and this present reality and soak up all the world is offering.
Here are some of the major happenings for me this Spring season:
1. I am about to be an Aunt to a precious baby boy! (He will literally born into this world in less than 24 hours; a perfect example of Spring. As my sister would say: "It is baby time!")
2. I graduate with my Masters in May!
3. I just moved into a new apartment and am creating my own space and navigating a new season of #adulting
4. I am working on recovering from past wounds and finding healthy relationships that are rooted in the best parts of who I am and who I want to be
5. I am showing up, staying in, and learning with everyone else what this new reality will look like, while trying to combat fear and trust in something bigger than myself
What are some of the major happenings in your life this Spring? What are you being invited into? How are you leaning into the present moment and taking this season day by day?
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