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Healing with the Flow of Trust
If I know anything, and sometimes I'm not sure what I know, that said, I do know that life is a process of change. We go through all sorts of changes from one day to the next and so does every being. We are all connected in this change. And some changes we can choose aspects of and others we cannot. All of these changes bring an aspect of loss, even when we are really excited and hopeful for what the change will bring. As we lose something even if it's just an identity or way of thinking about ourselves or others there is an experience of grieving. As you probably know, the question is whether we allow ourselves to feel this grief or not. The little griefs or deaths may not always register in our awareness and yet in my experience when I don't grieve the little things, it makes it more challenging and painful to grieve the bigger changes.
I've been noticing lately as the leaves have completely fallen and the days are generally getting colder (although not always amidst climate weirding), there's a dull sadness that can settle in for me. I wonder about how long the winter will be and can dread the long cold months ahead. I find that it's important to keep punctuating my days, weeks and months with celebration, with creativity and ritual amidst the darkest times especially to keep myself hopeful, curious and engaged. That doesn't mean that the grief and pain aren't there. It's actually about creating time and space to go into these darker, deeper parts of me so that I can give them the time and space they need to be felt, heard and seen. The winter or more inward time of the year, provides us with many opportunities and even invites us into this deeper inquiry with ourselves.
This past week's full lunar eclipse was a great example of an opportunity for doing just that. I am blessed to live on Lake Michigan (Kitchigami Michigaming in Anishinabemowin, the local indigenous language) and to be able to see the moon over the water as she re-emerged. The sun was rising behind us and also rising on the face of the moon as a beautiful subtle rainbow blossomed across the sky. It inspired awe and many feelings flowed in succession through my body. There was an ebb and flow of my feelings as I witnessed this dual sun rise over the gentle lapping lake. I felt I could trust all of my experience while being held in the wonder of the elements all coming together in concert. Of course pictures and words do not do justice to this string of radiant moments and it's what I can offer.
I realized that this level of trust in my feelings and the flow of energy through and around me is exactly what I wish to help others to experience and cultivate. What if we could allow our feelings to simply be what they are and to move through us with ease as we build a greater capacity to feel and honor them? This is one question that guides the grief work that I'm currently offering and that inspires me to keep sharing. If you are longing to have this greater sense of freedom and flow in your life, with an ability to be courageously all of who you are, this may be what you're looking for. Our feelings can be wise guides if we are willing to create space to be with them and welcome them.
If you want to learn more keep on reading . . .
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