“Spring, summer, winter and fall…

…The one I love the best of all is spring.”

I wrote that poem as a young teen and in the spring season of renewal I am often reminded of the verse I wrote so many years ago. This spring especially so since I’ve been on a spiritual rebirth path since the end of December 2020.

I started meditating again after having fallen off the meditation horse and stumbled upon, no I was led to the book: Journey to the Heart by Melody Beattie. I strongly recommend that you check it out.

Ms. Beattie speaks to me and mirrors the quest, the journey I have been on—not simply since the end of December but frankly ALL of my life.

I know that my heart is leading me—always has been.

Over the last few years I lost my way going down a rabbit hole filled with work stress, lack of selfcare, disconnect from others and worst of all a disconnect from myself.

It got to the point that I am once again (the second time in 6 years) at home on short term disability leave from work due to shingles brought on by work stress. And this time it is after having had two kinds of shingles vaccines! (turns out I had Covid and didn’t know it that turned into long haul Covid and activated the shingles virus in my system)

Yes, stress does a number on me as it does to all of us!

And, especially when this pig-headed stubborn woman ignores the warning signs along the way…and my body has to hit me over the head and in between the eyes to get my attention sometimes!

“But you know life is for learning” as Joni Mitchell sings in the song Woodstock and as the Yogi tea bag says “We can always start again.”

Which is especially true in this spring time of renewal—the world is coming alive slowly and once again so am I! So can you too!

But first you MUST give to yourself, learn to listen to that wise voice in your heart, and let her/him guide you. She/He knows the path, the steps to take, the right thing for you to do in any given moment.

But you have to be open, to open your heart to hear her/him and trust to take that next right for you step that your wise heart voice knows is best for you to do!

“Spring summer winter and fall,
The one I love the best of all is spring.

Spring is full of life and love
Spring is green, spring is new
Spring brings sweet smelling dew.

Spring, summer, winter and fall,
The one I love the best of all is spring!”

Tis time for you to love yourself too!

What is your wise heart voice telling you to do right this very moment?
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