Changes

The light is changing! The robins and geese are back! Tulips and daylilies are sending their first leaves up!

Early March: suddenly the days seem so much longer – and they are. We have a whole hour more sunlight each day than we did just three weeks ago. Soon it will be Ostara. The light changes fastest now, as the Wheel of the Year turns past the equinox, just as a pendulum moves fastest as it swings past the point where it will come to rest when it stops.

There’s a time during the winter when it seems that the ice has won a final victory and we will never see another green leaf. But then the light starts changing. The sun starts making its way back from the southern reaches of the sky.

We belong to Nature. She sends us signs to remind us: Even when we spend most of our time closed off from Her, She still lights up our spirits with the joy of seeing green buds, hearing a robin’s song, or feeling the caress of a mild breeze. Now, at the time of year when things change so fast, Nature reminds us to stop and step outside our fast-paced lives for a moment, to drink in the signs of the changing seasons and be fully in this moment.

Step away from your computer. Set down your phone. Go outside, even if it’s just for a moment. Feel the change in the air. Spring is coming. Blessed be!