Messages in the wind

I live in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada and right now, it is fall.  Fall is such a gorgeous season.  It’s a time when our trees explode into gorgeous bright colors, almost like a celebration before the depth of slumber during winter.  I love fall.  It’s a time of transition, of nature celebrating her glory and beauty and the air is so crisp and fresh.  I feel like the wind carries different messages in the fall; messages of reassurance, strength and empowerment to help us through winter.

Winter can be such a time of quiet, reflection, self-care and cocooning and fall is the turning point.  We’re at the point in fall now where there is still so much beauty, colour and bird song that fills our ears, eyes and hearts.  For whatever reason, even as the leaves fall off the trees, I don’t usually feel sad.  I feel full of hope, possibility and power.  Because of this, I look to nature for inspiration to confirm and deepen these feelings.

I live on a precious piece of land that has 12 acres of forest.  The other day, as I was crunching through leaves on the paths in the woods, I thought about how full the forest is at this time.  Despite the fact that the leaves will all fall off, the forest feels like it wants to showcase it’s beauty and splendor.  I find that fascinating.  Even though a temporary death will be occurring, there is such celebration in the air.  I have been stopping to look up at all the leaves, with their bright colors of red, gold, yellow, orange and green, and I’ve been drinking in their celebration.  I can feel it nourishing me deep in my soul. 

I’ve been looking for other signs of inspiration too, not just from the trees and their gorgeous canopies above me, but on the ground.  This fall season, I have been more fascinated by the mushrooms in the forest.  Mushrooms burst up from the decay on the forest floor.  They are born from what is decomposing, they have short lives, and some of them are poisonous or deadly.  I saw these mushrooms the other day, and they reminded me of me. 

There they are, emerging from under a bed of pine needs, just like I am emerging from so much transformation, healing and pain.  Those mushrooms gave me so much strength – they were born from decomposition. I am being rebirthed in this phase of my life, what is no longer serving me is decomposing and is fueling the me who is emerging.  How glorious.  I can draw inspiration from the trees who are celebrating what is leaving, and do the same.  I am like the trees and the mushrooms.

I had the privilege to meet with an Indigenous Elder many years ago at a lodge.  I had been getting messages from seagulls and learning more about our connection to the Earth and I asked for some guidance about how to move forward with my new connections.  He taught me about how the Creator has given us everything we need and that there are messages for us everywhere.  I love being rested and open enough to hear the whispers in the wind and to be able to receive them and their gifts in my heart. 

In a future post, I’ll share about the various messages I have received from birds. In the meantime, may you feel and be so loved each and every day, no matter what type of transformation you may be going through.  May you also be blessed to receive the messages that our beautiful Earth Mother shares with us through all of her gorgeous and precious creations. 

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