This is one of the new days in a new year.
These markings are our attempt to measure and control nature.
Outside,
In the lightning day,
The calm,
Warm night has changed to a blustery day,
Cold and icy.
How can we join the changes?
Even the wind quiets for moments at a time.
Extend these moments into prolonged silence.
Come inside and quiet the interior gales with your own natural breathing.
Be as a mountain with your body,
Solid,
Unmoving,
Yet alive.
Notice all your parts,
From top to bottom and back around,
Torso,
Limbs,
Bones deep,
Flesh on the surface,
All you.
Let the changes affect what you are feeling.
Only when you give life and expression to this feeling can the natural cycle of change continue.
In this way,
You facilitate,
Make easy,
The continuing expressions of your emotional self.
Under the winds of change lies your spirit,
Serene,
Gracious,
And patient.
There is nothing you have to do save honor it.
May you go into this day steady on your feet,
Maintaining the multitude of change happening,
Inside and outside.
Your gift today is transformation.