Beauty in the Transition
As the air turns crisp and the leaves begin to change colors, I am reminded of how there is beauty within the transitions. We may be asked to let go of something that was so beautiful for a time. It was everything we wanted and yet it is not meant to stay. There can be a lot of grief and emotions wrapped up in the letting go and yet you know, you must let go. Much like how the trees let go of the bright and sometimes multicolored leaves, we too have to let go of something or someone that brought a lot of light and colored our world a different shade.
Nature reminds us that this is cyclical. That this is not the last time we will meet ourselves in a similar transition, just different circumstances. As I was taking a walk amongst the trees, I noticed how those beautiful leaves fall and surround the earth where the tree is planted. Those very leaves will be nourishment for the soil. It is like the beauty is seeping into the earth, giving back to the tree, but the tree will not experience the fruitfulness of that until the following Spring.
There is a time when the tree is raw. Bare. Exposed. Vulnerable. However, this is a protection mechanism, so that it doesn’t crush under the weight of the snow. It knows that it has to completely let go because then it will have the space to welcome new life in the next season.
Grief can feel much like the winter. Your heart is raw, tender and exposed. It can be difficult at times to see the light of a new season coming or sometimes to even want to welcome something new. But the pieces of your heart that shattered, those are the pieces that are giving life back to your heart, it just might not be completely visible yet. Those pieces hold your greatest wisdom.
Our pain, our grief is the greatest heart opening experience. Just like the tree, I invite you to stay planted in love, and receive the beauty that will unfold from this pain.
May you receive the nourishment and beauty of your greatest and most challenging transition - the loss of something and the welcoming of something new.
And as always, Shar(e)on Lightly