The times they are a changin

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