This Little Light Of Mine
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Beautiful Things
I wake to the sound of rain and a sky filled with grey, in the midst of a Pandemic. Nothing feels beautiful today, not after another restless night. Yet I can’t get...
Summer wasn’t meant to be this way….
So Now What? It is the beginning of our first week of summer vacation. As the excitement of no more school assignments wears off we are once again faced with current reality....
The Hard Goodbye
My classroom sits empty, stuck in time as if it's still March 5th, 2020. We said our goodbyes, headed off to enjoy Spring Break, never to return this school year. Quickly home...
“I’ve arrived”, Not.
There is no “I’ve arrived ” destination were life all of a sudden becomes easy. Most of us come to a place where we realize we are on a life journey, ever-changing.
![As a task-oriented, get-things-done person, I can find transitions challenging. I know Spring is just around the corner. There have even been days when the weather feels more Spring than Winter making me eager to put away my heavy coat and winter sweaters in favor of spring-like attire. And yet, I am learning the value of sitting in transition, the dance between seasons. I am learning the gift of being fully present in the days of Winter that remain, while also preparing my heart and my home for the Spring that is to come.
As I am learning to live more in rhythm with nature's seasons, I have found myself drawn to books that incorporate seasons into their stories. Often, I pick up a book with seasonal themes I have long ago read and skip to the season we are preparing to welcome. What do I need to remember as I prepare for this coming season?
Recently, I pulled Seasons of the Soul by Michelle Derusha off my dusty shelf, and as I searched for the section on Spring, I landed on words I knew my heart needed to hear. A reminder that my inpatient soul needed, that perhaps your soul needs too.
“The productive, striving, achievement-oriented part of me had no patience for the early March pace of my soul’s rousing. I wanted to get going, put a plan in place, take action, tick goals off my checklist. [] But the soul awakens in much the same way that spring arrives on the Nebraska Prairie—slowly, gently stretching from its long winter's sleep.” Michelle Derusha
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