"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ~Mary Oliver
For me,
September signals new notebooks, sharpened pencils and anticipation of a
new adventure. It doesn't matter how many decades removed we are from
our back-to-school days somehow the idea of new beginnings continues to
resonate. It is a season of reflection and introspection, as is the
custom during the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but
also one of unlimited possibilities and opportunities Mindfulness can
help us to pause, notice and choose opportunities that were previously
hidden. Perhaps by making a few tentative marks in that new, clean
notebook we will forge a new direction or circle back to a passion that
we have consistently ignored due to the busyness of our everyday.
This
is a month of new beginnings; metaphorically a month of clean notebooks
and sharpened pencils. I invite you to pause and consider, in the words
of the poet, Mary Oliver, "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your
one wild and precious life?"
Wishing you a month of new notebooks and many sharpened pencils,
Pam