As I was walking around our little Lake Hampton, I looked down at just the right moment, and I saw it. This red leaf ~ colorfully lying there amidst last Winter's leftover brown debris and Summer's waning greens ~ invited me to stop for just a moment.
As I snapped the picture, focusing in on this symbol of September changes ~ this organic reminder of life's never-ending transformation ~ it was as if Mother Nature had gently tapped me on the shoulder to share a moment of nostalgic reflection.
Like a parent simultaneously celebrating and yet dreading her child's leaving for school, Mother Nature was inspiring me to capture a few of her Summer's fading memories as we prepare to welcome Autumn's return.
I invite you to take a moment
to enjoy these memories with me.
to enjoy these memories with me.
Glorious Purple Sisters
Summer's Yellow and Orange hues holding on.
Aging Beauty
Goldenrod's blossoms announce Autumns' Arrival,
bringing tears to many eyes.
bringing tears to many eyes.
Geese Friends thinking of Southern Shores?
As I watched our geese friends looking out over their Spring and Summer home, I imagined that they were contemplating their impending Southbound flight. In watching them, I fell into my own moment of contemplation about the changing season. It was a moment of connecting my Heartbeat to the Universal Heartbeat.
Twice a year ~ at the Spring Equinox in late March and the Autumn Equinox in late September ~ we experience equal hours of daylight and darkness. These are Mother Nature's gifts to us. Yin-Yang moments; balancing points of equal dark and light.
In the Spring that tipping point past the balance moves us out of the contemplative Darkness of Winter into Spring's time of planting the seeds of new ideas for us to grow. Our heartbeat quickens with the expanding hours of light, and we feel the urge to spring into motion with the rest of Nature.
Here, at the Fall Equinox, Mother Nature invites us to pause and look back at what we have grown and harvested from those Spring seeds. What wisdom have we nurtured during the full light of Summer? What new ideas blossomed into hardy personal Understandings?
As we once again prepare to move into the contemplative darkness of Winter, we begin to consider what aspects of our harvest will not only sustain us, but empower us. With the outer light growing dim, we need sparks from within to enlighten us, to provide us visions and dreams of new life vistas. The light that shines from within us deepens our Heart Connection to the Universal Heartbeat, just as gathering around a Winter Hearth deepens our connections to friends and family with whom we share that warm experience.
So now, I invite you to take a moment to pause.
Maybe you were busy and missed
the official beginning of Autumn
on Monday, September 22 at 11:44 am.
the official beginning of Autumn
on Monday, September 22 at 11:44 am.
In case you could not take time to stop
to honor that brief moment
that balance point
between equal light and dark.
If you were unable to pause and be aware
of the tipping point that moved us closer to
Our Heart Connection
with the
Mother Nature's Universal Heartbeat ...
I invite you to take a moment now.
Focus in on the picture below
of our little Lake Hampton
as she appeared at the moment
of Autumn's arrival.
Peer into the water as it reflects
the Light and the Dark
of the Equinox.
And feel Your Heartbeat
connect to the sacred rhythm
of
Mother Nature.
to honor that brief moment
that balance point
between equal light and dark.
If you were unable to pause and be aware
of the tipping point that moved us closer to
Our Heart Connection
with the
Mother Nature's Universal Heartbeat ...
I invite you to take a moment now.
Focus in on the picture below
of our little Lake Hampton
as she appeared at the moment
of Autumn's arrival.
Peer into the water as it reflects
the Light and the Dark
of the Equinox.
And feel Your Heartbeat
connect to the sacred rhythm
of
Mother Nature.
Peace & Light,
Jae
Jae
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