Grace, Beauty and Juicy, Ripe Sweetness

September is a month of big transitions.

“Not yet!

I’m not ready!”

I can feel myself begin to brace for something.

My shoulders and diaphragm tighten. My breathing shallows. My muscles tense. My mind propels me completely out of my body. Out into some imagined future.

Bracing for something that is not even here, yet.

That may never be.

A complete fabrication based on my mind’s well worn ruts, a combination of memory and imagination.

I set myself up for an outcome. And it’s not even a good one. I project my story out into the path in front of me to meet me as I move forward.

I’ve put the brakes on.

Set up my own defenses. Moved into resistance. This pulls me out of right timing. With myself. With the natural world. With everything around me.

This is what creates the pain.

Not the coming dark. It’s the resistance to it.

September is a month of big transitions.

It is the line that divides the riotous energies of summer’s extravagant excess and the spare, quieter inward energies of deep winter.

The equinox is the moment when the two are in perfect balance.

The quality of the light changes, softens, and is not as abundant. The shift is palpable. The water table lowers.

The nights snap.

Leaves shift, change hue and the trees begin to quietly disrobe. The leaves begin the descent that over time leaves branches naked and exposed against the sky.

September is a month of big transitions.

As I walk the paths along the creek, I come back to myself.

I ask for the grace, serenity and elegance of the trees as I move into this time of transition.

I ask to release the resistance I feel. I’m willing to accept. I open to fully receive the gifts of this moment, of transition. Of letting go of what is known and the willingness to sit with what is unknown…in the dark…until it is.

I come back to this moment. My body softens. Opens. I come back into balance. The balance always inherent in the moment. Now.

September is a month of big transitions.

 My wish for each one of us….

 May this time of transition be filled with the grace, beauty and juicy, ripe sweetness and the celebration of summer’s completion.

May we savor all of it, like the satisfying rosy amber goodness of a pear’s perfection in the mouth, on the tongue, sliding down the throat. Nourishing and satisfying.

May we recognize and receive the gifts intrinsically inherent in the balance, the reflection, and the perfection of the right timing in this turning of the year.

May we open wide… to receive and accept ourselves. To all of whom we are, every last inch, particle and vibration of us.

May we settle easily and naturally into the new rhythms and dances that are calling to us. That will support and hold us as we move forward.

May we allow for the time and space of rest and quiet that this transition calls us toward.

May we be filled with the joy and wonder of being in a physical body. The miracle of this physical existence we share with the Earth and all of her infinitely diverse inhabitants.

May we know sufficiency, simplicity and abundance in our deepest beings.

May our heart’s deepest longings show up in front of us to reflect back to us the love and beauty that we inherently are. And may we all recognize them when they do.

 In deepest reverence:

Happy equinox.

Happy turning.

Happy transition.

What do you wish for yourself?

I would love to know.

Photo credits: Melani Marx

All photos used in this post were taken while using the Healing the Earth protocol.

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Advanced energy master, Melani Marx, is a committed and willing healer with an artist's spirit. She creates safety by holding space with a calm and clear-seeing presence that will transform your life. Read more about her soul at play with the divine on her blog. Free Blessing for Your Life.

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