Welcoming September
I love September when the cool and thinning air creeps into the morning and is there again in the evening. There is a crispness to this cool undercurrent settling into the creases of our day, and it excites me.
School has resumed, and I welcome it. The routine deeply grounds me as I tap my toes to the rhythm of yellowing leaves drifting from branches. September is the gateway to autumn, a time of endings and beginnings, the season of transition and transformation. September is a time of harvest. As my heat-loving veggies are winding down, I gather upon the last of my tomatoes along with my goals and dreams to take stock.
The blistering hot days of our longer-than-usual summer taught me many lessons. The worn pages of my garden journal detail what did and did not work during those long sweltering days. Muddy thumbprints scattered on pages testify to my efforts. September is made for moments like this, to breathe in the abundance and lessons, to release the striving, and what didn’t come to fruition. It’s my opportunity to practice letting go of what I cannot control and return to what I know, that I live the rhythm of the seasons like time is music, and without it, I dance aimlessly.
The turning of the wheel of time reminds me that this earth is saturated with meaning that we all too often trample like fallen leaves beneath our feet. But I want to observe it all. I want to observe all of the ordinary yet astonishing things of this natural world, the setting sun, the rippling river, the moon, and the stars and I want to hear their message. There is one thing I do know with absolute certainty - the Earth confides the most to those who don’t ask too loudly. So I remain open, ready to walk this path with September, this portal to remembering that the Earth does not force the rivers to run, the trees to shed leaves or the flowers to set seed, they simply move to the music of time, unfolding naturally, and so will I. So I let go of the shoulds and shouldn'ts and let myself be exactly who I am, where I am, unfolding naturally in this new season and to receive the message from the natural world that this earnest seeker longs to hear, welcome home.
And incase you need to be reminded as we move into this new season ….
