Winter

Looking out among the trees, the branches bare, protruding out into the sky at first I’m sad to see everything is brown and bare and empty.  Yet the trees still stand tall, strong, unafraid of losing their leaves or being bare for all to see. They keep reaching up into the sky, reaching up to heavens peak. I’m no longer sad as I hear from the tree, it’s time to release, let go, and prepare for spring. For new life, new buds, new leaves.

And all of a sudden I see, just like the tree, I stand forth bare for all to see. At first I was afraid to let go, let the season change in my own soul. Just like the tree I must let go, of the worn out thoughts, beliefs and emotions in my soul. It’s painful at first, letting it go, and then comes release and I can finally breathe. Just like the tree I may stand bare for a while but I know it’s to prepare my soul for the new joy and love and abundance, that I  must make room for, in order to receive. Just like the seasons I must let myself change without resistance or fear, just release for the new to bud forth in my life.

It seems so natural. Yet most of us resist. We get caught up in our patterns and find it hard to let ourselves evolve. Just like the seasons, it will happen naturally, you just have to be open to hearing the call of your soul, knowing when it’s time to let go. And knowing that when you do let go, the winter will pass and you’ll be open to receive the new life of spring.