As I walk on the beach, the sun is setting quietly into the western skyline. It’s last gift to the day is painting the sky in a symphony of color, turning the rippling ocean from pink to lavender to aqua and lastly, dark green. The day ends in a grand finale of light and beauty and slowly dusk ushers in the night. In the moments when it is neither day nor night, the changes are gently unfolding. Birds are nestling in, the waves are quieting, the breeze lessens and just before the first stars start to peep out, my soul senses a lullaby sung to the day. I join in with the feeling of letting go, tucking in the beautiful memories of a day spent at the beach and allowing the rhythm of life lull my soul into peacefulness.
I see this natural, peaceful yet powerful event as a metaphor for life. Life is all about the patterns of change. It’s inevitable that days and good times will end but we know that new ones come after the darkness of night. People, jobs, and events come and go. Our roles change and new challenges will present themselves. Yet trying to fight or control this is futile, it only brings unease, frustration, fear, and even disease. Accepting and allowing the changes to unfold naturally will bring us in tune with our new purpose and our new roles.
In my life, the sun has set on one decade and another is unfolding. I am learning to make peace with the changes. I am creating an intention of what I’d like my life to be and falling into the rhythm, neither frantic nor stagnant, just as it should be. I am learning to trust that the wheels are in motion and my only need is to listen for the tempo of life and follow along in this dance of change.
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