I like the night, without the night we would never see the stars. Stephanie Meyer
This week marked the passing and burial of HRM Queen Elizabeth. An icon, the like of which we will never see again in our lifetime. She exemplified stability, and lived a life of servant leadership guided by deeply embedded values of family and duty.
Her passing combined with the hint of all quarantine measures for incoming passengers into HK being lifted soon is momentous. How fitting today is the fall equinox when day equals night.
The metaphor of a circle symbolises the changing of seasons, stages of life, etc. The opposite sides represent polarities such as dawn and dusk, birth and death and as the circle turns, (earth spins), we move from one stage to another. You can't control the perpetual forward momentum ..it is like a rollin stone.
Too often we fixate only on the light without appreciating the dark. Too often we try to control the passage of time without embracing the freedom of a few grey hairs or wrinkles.
This week reflect on the polarities of your life, identify tension from when you hold on to habits and ways of being that may not serve you now. Seek out the polarities and realise that Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton
Finding Balance
Life is like a bicycle. To maintain your balance you must keep moving forward. Albert Einstein
Today is the summer equinox, when night equals day. It signifies the changing of the seasons. Like the seasons we too must change to grow. COVID created a state of homeostasis – a self – regulating process to maintain stability while adjusting to changing external conditions.
But Life is balance between holding on and letting go. Rumi. Balance is not something you find, it's something you create. Jana Kinsgsford
What are you waiting for?
You have brains in your head and feet in your shoes you can steer yourself in any direction you choose. Dr. Seuss
Where will you go?
A time to turn inwards, to reflect
Every leaf speaks bliss to me fluttering from the autumn tree. E. Bronte
Today we celebrate the fall equinox, when the length of the day equals night. It signals the changing of seasons and turn inwards. We begin a time of darkness, of contemplation and of rest.
I invite you to reflect with gratitude and Find contentment by paying attention to what we already have. Anon Take a lesson from nature. Trees show us how lovely it is to get rid of old things. Anon And remember life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the air. FS Fitzgerald
Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature. F. Nietzche. Take this time to realign to your purpose and allow your inner light to shine as the sun recedes.
Listen to words penned 3000 years ago and brought to life by the Byrds, To every season turn turn turn…