Mother Nature's Lessons

The world is awake, at least for this week, with the advent of the Hatian earthquake. In one moment 10s of thousands of lives are gone and a city demolished. Mother Nature is speaking to us. She is saying, I am a living breathing being and I move and change. Just a few thousand years ago people understood this. Yes, lives were lost, but not at the same devastation as this loss.

Have you ever watched the birds and small critters in your yard? Do you notice their patterns? And those who live in areas with larger animals, do you watch their patterns?
The animals know when changes such as colder, hotter, and earth movements happen. If you see a change in their patterns, know that something in the weather or Earth will be happening different.

Be Aware! Watch over periods of time and you will learn how these animals react with each type of change.

Now is the time to take our test. As a species we will pass the test and survive, or not, that is our choice. What changes do each of us need to make in our lives to prolong our wonder-full journey as a being on Mother Earth....
Watch, learn, and then act.

Snow, Rain, Warm Sunny Days

It's January 8th and Turtle Island (North America) is experiencing wild, wet, dry, cold and warm weather patterns. Odd how folks in North Dakota and Iowa are under massive snow drifts, the East Coast is experiencing snow and ice, and I sit here in Arizona awaiting the warm sun, calm breeze, and clear skies. In the old days I wouldn't know what was going on 1,000 miles away. My perspective of the world would be built around the experience that my immediate environment was having... Just what I could see and feel.

Today my world is gentle, calm, clear, dry and warm. Does this affect how I interact with people around me? You bet it does. Those people who are in their homes with 4 feet of snow around them, children at home who are unable to get to school, and parents who can't get to work today to make the money they need to pay bills; are having a much different experience than I am. At the same time, there are folks who are stuck because of the snow and ice and are loving it!

Take time to think about how your environment affects you. In what direction do your thoughts go today? Are there grey skies? Does that make you happy or sad? Is the sun out bright and the air warm? Will you be able to get to work? Will you take time for a walk in the sun?

Does it really matter what is happening 1,000 miles away from you? Will you allow the information that is fed to you by TV, Internet, and Radio affect how you feel about you own environment? And if you do, will you not take the time to re-evaluate it, to examine how your personal environment (Nature that is around you) affects how you think and feel?

Today... take a moment and feel yourself outside.... How can you make the best of this day and how can you enjoy whatever it is that Nature has provided for you today? Every aspect of weather is important to the balance of Nature and life. With gratitude en-joy the gifts of Nature!

It's in the Air

It's the third day into the year 2010, and actually it's the beginning of a new decade. Anniversary dates are funny like that. When you complete a year then it's counted. Yet you have completed it so why shouldn't it be noted as the next number when you begin that year? What am I saying? Well, when you think about it we have completed a full 10 years into the 21st century, and now should really be noted as the second day into 2011.

Modern humanity has forgotten about how cycles work. Most everyone is feeling a NEW BEGINNING as the New Year has begun. This is because we have completed one whole cycle of 10, which means completion, and have begun at # 1 (11) again!

It's in the Air, can you feel it?
People are feeling like they will have a better year, that their struggles of this past year are over and they can now create the future they want... letting go of the past cycle and moving forward.

The days are longer, there is more sunlight, plant life is preparing for resurrection (funny how Christianity hopped on that train for the end of the month of December!) and people rejoice at the opportunities that await them to create a new future for themselves.

It is a wonder-full day, this 3rd day of the New Year. Earth, Air, Fire and Water are all-ways moving through all living things. The elements are the physical manifestation of our desires. Put them together and we can create anything that we desire...

Now, take a moment and blow Breath into your Dream. Air moves and stimulates that dream to come into Being. Today It is So!