Sarah Carter Instagram – On this last day of 2023, I woke up in a familiar paradise… and saw my reflection in the garden… a heavy feeling of both appreciation and despair rose up in me… a sense that the path ahead will lead me far into unknown territory… that it must… there is a knowing in my heart and a desire for more connection while also feeling stuck… polarized by the darkness and the light of the life I am living… the juxtapositions… I want to soften more into the beauty of simply being true… trusting… in creativity… in essential nature… I need it to be ok to not know… for everyone… to release the demands… and open to the vulnerability of great potential. It’s a new time. It just is.
Then I read this @mariapopova
Often when something is ending we discover within it the spore of new beginning, and a whole new train of possibility is in motion before we even realize it. When the heart is ready for a fresh beginning, unforeseen things can emerge. And in a sense, this is exactly what a beginning does. It is an opening for surprises. Surrounding the intention and the act of beginning, there are always exciting possibilities.
FOR A NEW BEGINNING
by John O’Donohue
In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
It watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life’s desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you. | Posted on 31/Dec/2023 23:16:29
