Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Winter Meditation

This morning, I reached deep into the earth to find my grounding. I had to penetrate the icy layers of my resistance, my barriers to growth, my walls built up to protect my roots from the cold, and I found a spot deep in the earth that was warm and I wrapped my roots around it.
I let the warmth move slowly up into my body, reaching my arms out to the light of the sun, bright orange as it was emerging, promising growth and new beginnings.
I looked inside myself at the areas where my sap was no longer flowing, where I have shut down to protect myself, and let the warmth from the earth come up and revive me. There is a promise from that glowing sun that the snow and ice is temporary. Spring will come. Now is the time to recharge and prepare for the growth that is to come.
I look inside my thoughts and find a place where worry used to thrive. Instead, I am filling it with peace. I can make plans and anticipate what is to come, but for the moment, I am alive, I am at peace. I may look like I'm not alive. Every night as I sleep I feign death. Every winter the trees shed all appearance of life as they prepare for the growth to come. I can prepare and I will be ready for the growth that will come.
For now, I will relax and let calm rule my life.
I will remember first and foremost that today, I can breathe.