Winter is fading and spring has arrived. Yet many of us are struggling with what it means to transition out of the wintering periods of our lives. During these periods, we have witnessed death and experienced loss. People and past situations in our lives have fallen away or continue to lie dormant. During seasons of wintering, we lament the present and the past and struggle with ideas of change. Whether these are small changes or monumental shifts, there is no going back to the way things were. Yet we are still stuck, unable to go back and uncertain of how to move forward.
Not everyone or everything survives or remains after our seasons of wintering. But we are here. As we slowly start to stretch after the stillness and dormant rhythm of winter let us take a breath. It is time to reawaken. As difficult as it has been, wintering positions all of us for new life and new being. As a time of rebirth and renewal, spring is calling us into a new rhythm of hope and aliveness.
Hope has arrived
It is faint and small
Waiting
Growing
Blooming
Inhale
Its perfume permeates us
It opens and expands
Releasing fear
Exhale
Hope is here
Awakening within us the courage
to dream
to feel
to be
New and whole
Once again