Spring Equinox Reflections
Today is March 19, 2024 - the Spring Equinox. It is also the end of the Astrological Calendar year. As we turn the tide into a brand new year with the advent of Aries Season, it’s easy for me to feel a little melancholy as I look back over this previous year. So much has happened personally, professionally, societally and globally. I hope you don’t mind me sharing some thoughts as we transition into a new astrological year.
All day long my own inner crone has been delivering small doses of out of the blue wisdom. It made me pause earlier today, as I kept hearing these quips and phrases permeating my mind. I would be working and suddenly catch myself staring out the window at the new baby blossoms on the maple tree in our back yard, while transfixed by the stream of information pouring in.
On my evening walk, I found myself traveling spontaneously down memory lane to instances in my deep past that were dreadfully painful, or made me question myself, or held me hostage in my own insecurities, or paralyzed me with imposter syndrome, led me to question my core beliefs and values, or to ignoring the feedback the cells in my body were actually screaming at me.
It became clear it wasn’t about dwelling on the memories themselves. The memories were being used in my mind as place holders and reminders of what I’ve actually learned. This tiny distant inner voice grew louder and more insistent the more I paid attention to it.
Here’s what I heard. I don’t claim to understand how this happened and why. The only correlation I could make was my deep inner awareness that we are saying goodbye to another calendar year.
I share with you, in the event it perhaps lends you a mindful shift to your own turn of the year cycle into a new chapter.
I do not need to be the best at what I do. I choose to do it anyway, or I risk short changing the world.
I don’t need to be liked by everyone. Instead, I choose to face my insecurities and let go of the need for approval.
All relationships have limits. Empathy does not have limits.
I can forgive and even love someone without being accessible to them.
Doing nothing is still an action, and sometimes it’s the most important one.
Spiritual healing has a threshold, and sometimes it’s a painful one.
True leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about exposing real and vulnerable things, and finding the courage to forge new pathways with others.
Magic is everywhere.
Big love to you and happy Spring!