During the season of Fall we are reminded of the process of surrender and letting go through the continual shedding of the leaves on the trees. It seems that this process of surrender in nature can support us on our own healing journey of releasing what no longer serves us. It is through the process of letting go of old ways of thinking, feeling, and being that we make room for the truth of our higher self to emerge. In order to embrace a positive affirmation, we must release the opposite, negative one that we have clung to for so long.
Here is a poem by Joyce Rupp from her book, "The Circle of Life: The Heart's Journey Through the Seasons" that I thought supported this idea so well.
Falling Leaves
O falling leaves of autumn,
what mysteries of death
you proclaim
to my unwilling self
what eternal truths
you disturb
in the webbings
of my protected heart
what wildness
you evoke
in the gusty dance
of emptying winds
what mellow tenderness
you bravely breathe
in your required surrender
what challenge
you engender
through your painful twists
and turnings
what howl of homelessness
you shriek
with your exile of departure
what daring task
you evoke
as you feed the hungry soil.
O falling leaves of autumn,
with each stem
that breaks,
with each layer of perishing,
you teach me
what is required,
if I am to grow
before I die.
May we each realize the deep truth, that it is through the process of surrender that we become whole. May we shed with joy and ease all that no longer serves, knowing that we will be reborn into a larger realization of who we are.
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