This weekend is the autumnal equinox here in the northern hemisphere. Even though it's still unseasonably warm and humid, I can already feel a breath of winter in the air. The leaves are starting to turn, and the local flower shop is selling vibrant chrysanthemums by the fist-full.
Change in the natural world is relentless and inescapable. We may not notice the hours and days whizzing by, or feel the earth turning under our feet, but one day we look up from our to-do lists and notice that the trees are turning colour.
This is the time to turn over a new leaf, so to speak.
Ever since school, I've taken time to make a few personal resolutions in the autumn. These resolutions always seem more spiritually motivated and positive than the resolutions made in the thinness of January (when I'm feeling worn out and slightly desperate). Autumnal resolutions hold the lushness of harvest festivals in their heart.
If January resolutions are about conquering our wills; September resolutions are about nurturing our authentic needs.
This autumn will be particularly life changing for us in so many ways, so I'm trying to indulge in soul-care at every opportunity.
It's difficult to write a list of goals and intentions when I have no idea how all these changes will actually impact our lives. Instead, I'm trying to remind myself to open my heart to whatever opportunities and experiences come our way in the next few months.
Are you making any resolutions for the changing of the seasons?
What are they?
And how do you hope to keep them in the forefront of your mind so you don't slip back into the old grooves of thinking and being?
AND.... Don't forget to enter the giveaway to win a pretty princess from my shop! You have until the end of this month.
{And old autumnal sketch, as I can't show you my other top secret paintings at the moment}