ConsciousCreation

A couple of weeks ago, as I sat on the couch looking out over our “back yard,” I noticed something yellow high up in one of the trees at the far side of the green square – too big to be a bird and not shaped like anything I could recognize. I thought about it for a little while then it just slipped out of mind.

Slowly, this last two weeks, my awareness has expanded somewhat again and I’ve noticed that there are more and more yellow ‘things’ in the trees – Well duh! the leaves are changing. There ARE golden yellow clusters in more of the trees. The vines are turning that deep shade of red! The green of the leaves is lighter – more yellow tinted – the tops of the certain trees have already turnied that deep red! Fall is moving in and I was just about to sleep walk through the change. Well, maybe it wasn’t sleep walking so much as it was that my focus was solely on the “critical” things that needed attention at work, at home, with the puppies…You know, that proposal and supporting material, preparing for Sunday, for Fire Muster, Pride, cleaning up the apartment and the computer, getting the puppies to the vet for check up – you know, all the ‘Must Do’s.”

Today, I had a weird, and eye-opening, experience while trying to correct some errors in The Buzz – one of the new “Must Do’s” for me! A sudden wave of dizziness swept over me for a good minute…and then it was gone! As things returned to “normal,” I realized just how wired I was. I also began to realize that not everything on that ‘Must Do” list couldn’t wait until tomorrow. So I selected the one or two really ‘must do’ today ones, finished them, and went home.

On my way home, I once again became aware of the colors of the world around me – the deeper reds, the brilliant golden-yellows – the remaining green – even in the rain! It became very clear that is really was time to take that deep breath, slow down, and let myself experience the shift – the change – the energy of Fall – richness of the harvest – the joy-filled anticipation of celebrations of special days to come.

Tomorrow after I join Unity of the Valley folks in celebration at Burnsville Pride Festival, the puppies and I will be taking a long walk in the woods, maybe along the beach of the lake. They can dig around and sniff to their heart’s content and I will take those deep breaths and feel Fall! All those things on that List will get done in time….