Turn, turn, turn…there is a season…

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The last few years have had some challenges related to loss and health concerns none of which were life threatening to me but rather took me out of commission for months to varying degrees.

I really did not have energy for much beyond the basics of work, tending to immediate family, our house, the cats and yard. At some moments even these things felt like just too much as well.

It feels that I am finally coming out of this period of time more fully. My energy and interest in life beyond basic survival is returning. I am very grateful too. Life has felt rather bland.

I know there have been other times of my life when my energy was down for various reasons. It seems this is just how the flow of my life is and has been.

There have been things discovered about myself along the way whether I had energy for life or not.

“ To everything turn, turn, turn there is a season turn, turn, turn, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” as the song lyrics go.

Well this certainly seems to be the case in my life. I was wise enough in my early 20’s to know that I wouldn’t be all I was at that point in my life if I hadn’t experienced all that I had up until that very moment in time…the good, the bad and the ugly too. This is still a part of my thinking today.

Certainly there were experiences that I would not do again if I had the opportunity for a do over but all in all each one provided me with life learning and perspectives I would be without had they not happened just as they unfolded.

Life does unfold just as it is supposed to.

Acceptance is the key and often requires hard work to employ!

What do you notice about the ebbs and flows of your life’s energy over time?