I’m having ‘one of those days’ already today (it’s only 8:53 am) and truth be told, I’ve been having ‘one of those days’ this whole week. So, I’ve been putzing around the house, watching the cats enjoy the sunshine on the windowsills and trying to remind myself that life is one big cycle and the bad times don’t last forever. Surfing the different newsfeeds on my facebook page (I have 14 categorized newsfeeds – type A personality, remember?), I came across an article by a local meteorologist that got me thinking.
We’ve had a LOT of flooding the last few weeks and in the article he talks about the impact the flooding has had on Lake Michigan. When it first started raining a few weeks ago, I was pretty happy: a) I love rain and b) the lake levels had dropped quite a bit last year because of the drought we had. Of course, we’ve gotten way too much rain in way too short a period of time, hence the flooding. Anyway, I digress. The article got me thinking about the nature of water and how, thanks to the cycle of evaporation and precipitation, it renews and replenishes itself.
Spiritually, it does the same for us. Water teaches us to ebb and flow with life. It also teaches us that, though we may go through a tough patch (a drought, if you will), we can be replenished and renewed (the rain will come again).
I think today I’m going to be mindful of the element of water and let it guide me along through the tough patches. Water always finds a way even though it might not always be a fast route.
The Nemeton 