Good morning. Happy Sunday!
Yesterday was the Summer Solstice--the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Now, it's downhill from here, as the days will get shorter and winter will slowly close in.
When you live on the land, in harmony with Nature, you have to be aware of the seasons and always thinking about what comes next. That doesn't mean there isn't time to enjoy the spectacularly warm and pleasant weather, because there certainly is. There is time to watch the garden grow. There is time to sit under a canopy of stars and watch for meteors as the night settles in. There is time to walk among the wild plants and take notice of the creatures that live in the natural environment around us. There is time to honor and celebrate Nature and Mother Earth in all her glory as she brings forth her colors and shares her abundance.
It seems like I wait all year for Summer to come to town and bring with her the warm winds and rain showers that perpetuate the growing season that I try so hard to be a part of. We sow our seeds and gently nestle our seedlings into nutritious soil, and I wait, and I watch, as life happens around me. The butterflies come and the dragonflies hover. The birds sing from distant bushes. The prickly pears bloom all over this desert place and this arid land is green with new growth. And finally, the seedlings emerge from soft soil and stretch up into the sun and I am grateful to be witness to the natural cycles of life. I celebrate this new life that will bring us edible food. I celebrate being a part of creating this abundance.
Yes, finally the warm days are with us now, and while there is so much to do while the light lasts long into the evening, we must remember to take a moment to enjoy the season itself and honor what it brings to us. Every season offers us an opportunity for new growth...even cold, dead winter, which gives us time to bring our minds into full bloom with new ideas and unbounded creativity.
Allowing myself to become a part of Nature, as I am (as we all are), and taking back my right to ride the cyclical waves of the seasons and the days, brings forth an inborn peace, an innate joy, and an instinctual desire to work in harmony with everything around me.
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each.” —Henry David Thoreau
Today there is no struggle. There is only being in this season of warm weather and being who I naturally am and giving in to my part of this life, this Now, this space and this time. Go with the flow. Ride the wave and let it unfold as it will.
Enjoy the warm days and clear nights.
Thank you Sacred Earth Mother for the gift of Summer.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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