I stand in the backyard.
There are more leaves
on the ground
since yesterday.
The morning is cool
and so I seek the sun.
I step into the rays
and can’t help but
notice that the
sun is in a different spot.
The light has moved.
I turned, to see where it was
that the sun used to hit.
Ah, yes, that plant
is probably glad
for the shift in the
sun’s rays.
The seasons of the soul
are not unlike the seasons
of the earth.
There are times that the
light shines on one aspect
of life and that which
is lit up
consumes us for a bit,
holds our attention
in a bright embrace.
And then the light shifts.
That which is now
in the sun’s path
is warming,
becoming pliable,
moldable,
so that change can happen.
When the sun shifts off
of one part of who we are,
it is so that it can
cool and harden.
So that
what was once pliable
can be solid.
So that it doesn’t move.
So that what we’ve learned
in that season
can be built upon in
another season.
What is the light shining on now?
Is it causing you to
squirm,
melt,
feel undone?
This is what growth feels like.
Let the light do its work.
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