Did you have a chance to see the Harvest Moon this week, as it rises on the eastern horizon huge, and orange, in the dark sky? These are the days of the Fall equinox – the trees beginning to turn, the air cooling, days of rain and sun, clouds and color. Changing times, again, as always. Always a chance to begin again.
Here are some centering thoughts about the Fall Equinox, adapted from UU Lori Gorgas Hlaban:
“Pause. Balanced in the center between the longest and shortest days. Equinox. The wheel of the year turns, and turns again. The air cools, days shorten…
This is our opportunity, now, to pause. Balanced, breathing in, breathing out, knowing this present moment. This present moment is all we’re guaranteed. Like the sun moving toward the shortest day, each moment arises—and is gone before we know it…
This is the time to pause, and consider. As we enter the season of contemplation, of increasing darkness, of lying fallow, of dormancy. This is the season of letting go, of lightening burdens, of preparing for the long period of being still, going deep…
Today we mark the midpoint between Summer and Winter Solstice, a time to seek balance and be free. Blessed Be. Amen.”
