Over the weekend, my family and I welcomed and enjoyed the warmer temperatures. My kids played in the backyard for hours, we opened our windows for the first time all winter, and we went for a walk around the neighborhood.
The weekend was a sign of things to come: warmth, rebirth, rejuvenation. The anticipation of spring may trigger in us insight, inspiration, healing, and increased physical activity. We look forward to the cleansing power of spring each year. This time of the year is often an opportunity for emotional/spiritual cleansing. Regarding the latter, popular spiritual writer Gary Zukav offers some wisdom:
The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently. It comes each time you recognize a frightened part of your personality as a part of yourself that you were born to challenge and leave behind. It comes when you realize that a painful emotion (such as anger, jealousy, fear or resentment) is not who you are, but a message to pay attention to what you need to change in yourself in order to move into your full potential.
~Gary Zukav
Published: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:13 +0000 by c.george