Day 299 of 365 - Subtle Shifts
It's the end of July. Tomorrow, August 1st, marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and the fall equinox. How has half the summer already passed so quickly? Already, the leaves at the top of the trees outside our building are starting to fade, beginning to have a slightly yellow tone rather than the deep lush green of just a few weeks ago. On a small weak or dying branch, the leaves have already changed to a rusty color.
A welcome cooler breeze is blowing through our windows today, after several days of high heat. The nights are longer now and starting to cool down more, which is also welcome for those of us who like to keep our windows open. Sunrises are noticeably later to us early risers too.
I take pleasure in the refreshing breeze and in the beginning of the harvest season. Summer squash are ready and I have enjoyed some local yellow zucchini and lettuce. Other crops will be later to mature due to our cool, wet spring and delayed planting. That just means we'll be able to enjoy them into the early fall. Despite the shorter days, we could likely still have very warm weather into October.
Today I also feel inexplicably melancholy, nostalgic and also somewhat irritable, after a couple of days in a row of feeling very energetic. I already knew that there is a New Moon tonight but then read that we are in a peak period of a couple of meteor showers and also the beginning of a solar storm. The changes in light and geomagnetic energy from these events can cause some people to feel just the way I have been today.
Either way, whether it's the subtle seasonal change or what's going on in the bigger scope of the earth's atmosphere, it creates an opportunity for me to consider change, and what changes I hope to be growing toward. What old patterns do I want to release? What do I want to do differently?
I'm just at the beginning of revisiting a more in depth style of meditation which I explored before but did not stick with, due to the level of commitment and discipline required for it. Perhaps that will be one of my shifts. Since I know that will feel a lot like work at first, before I reap the benefits, I also want to give myself the experience of more pleasurable activities too. That might be enjoying making more recipes from some of the seasonal produce, reading novels or enjoying a television series I like.
We're in the lazy dog days of summer. It's good to listen to the signals of our bodies to rest, to move, to eat, to sleep as we feel the need. May we all be able to tune into that and to receive what would most benefit us.
A welcome cooler breeze is blowing through our windows today, after several days of high heat. The nights are longer now and starting to cool down more, which is also welcome for those of us who like to keep our windows open. Sunrises are noticeably later to us early risers too.
I take pleasure in the refreshing breeze and in the beginning of the harvest season. Summer squash are ready and I have enjoyed some local yellow zucchini and lettuce. Other crops will be later to mature due to our cool, wet spring and delayed planting. That just means we'll be able to enjoy them into the early fall. Despite the shorter days, we could likely still have very warm weather into October.
Today I also feel inexplicably melancholy, nostalgic and also somewhat irritable, after a couple of days in a row of feeling very energetic. I already knew that there is a New Moon tonight but then read that we are in a peak period of a couple of meteor showers and also the beginning of a solar storm. The changes in light and geomagnetic energy from these events can cause some people to feel just the way I have been today.
Either way, whether it's the subtle seasonal change or what's going on in the bigger scope of the earth's atmosphere, it creates an opportunity for me to consider change, and what changes I hope to be growing toward. What old patterns do I want to release? What do I want to do differently?
I'm just at the beginning of revisiting a more in depth style of meditation which I explored before but did not stick with, due to the level of commitment and discipline required for it. Perhaps that will be one of my shifts. Since I know that will feel a lot like work at first, before I reap the benefits, I also want to give myself the experience of more pleasurable activities too. That might be enjoying making more recipes from some of the seasonal produce, reading novels or enjoying a television series I like.
We're in the lazy dog days of summer. It's good to listen to the signals of our bodies to rest, to move, to eat, to sleep as we feel the need. May we all be able to tune into that and to receive what would most benefit us.
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