Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. Maya Angelou
This was a glorious fall weekend perfect for getting out and enjoying walks, fall fairs, and spending time outside. When we live in a four-season climate we know that winter is coming and that means we must take advantage of the good weather while we have it.
The squirrels are busy getting ready for winter and we need to be busy too. I’ve never lived in anything but a four-season climate and even though I hate to see summer come to a close there is beauty in every season. Autumn in all its splendor is something to behold.
We never know if we have another beautiful fall weekend coming or if the one we just experienced is the last one where we can walk with a light jacket or no jacket at all. Last Thursday evening two friends and I got together to celebrate a birthday and we brought out our winter coats for the first time. I was sure it was cold enough to kill the tomatoes but they are hanging on, I might get to pick a few more in the days to come.
Time is moving on, it waits for no one and we need to make the most of the time we have. We can’t go for a walk in the sunshine when we want to; we have to take that walk when the sun is shining. There are seasons in life and we have to work with the seasons, we can’t manipulate the seasons to our will. We may wish it were different but we still have to plant in the spring and reap in the fall. It wouldn’t do me much good to be planting my tomatoes now.
We may wish we didn’t have to do things in their time, it isn’t always convenient. If we live with the rhythm of life instead of going against the rhythm life will work better for us. Are we living fully in the rhythm of life, are we making the most of the season we are in? I watch our daughter with her six-month-old son; she is fully engaged in full-time mothering. I am enjoying my role and it is so much easier to be a grandma than to be a mother.
When the rhythm of life changes – dance to the new beat! Unknown
Had I not had my son and daughter when I had them it would be impossible now. It is hard for women to find time for motherhood when the pressure to excel in careers and make the most of the opportunities in front of them is so pushed in our culture. Isn’t creating a family one of the best things we do in our lives? Time to create a family takes away from earning money, but what are we earning all the money for if we don’t have a family? Is it just to have a better car, travel to more exotic places, eat at better restaurants, and buy more expensive clothes?
I might not like to admit it, but I am in the fall of my life. It is time for reaping, and being a grandma is one of the rewards. There is beauty in every season, and if we are in rhythm with the season of our lives will we be happier than if we are out of rhythm with the season we are in? Women and men have to live with the natural rhythms of life, but women have to be more in tune with the rhythms of their life. We might think it isn’t fair but it is what it is.
Are we living in rhythm with the seasons of life?
Life is a dance of time and energy. Keeping the two in good rhythm is the beauty of life. Sadhguru
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival. Shirley Hufstedler
The rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life. B.K.S. Iyengar
Thank you for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you will come back and read some more. Have a blessed day filled with gratitude, joy, and love.
