Summer

The beauty of the summer months are revealed in nature. The Grace of our Earth Mother is shared with those willing to stop and be present within her leafy walls.

Namaste and Happy Summer!

The presence of summer hovers above us just as the dragonfly flying around my head does. Staring up into the powder blue sky, small fluffs of cottonwood fly through the air as though a flurry of snow was falling in the middle of a late Spring day. The bright green of the leaves on a lone majestic oak are highlighted by sparkles of gold from the sun behind it. What a presence nature has today! Its beauty and magnificence is so loud that it awakens our awareness and we truly stop. We are present thoughts stop. The mind stops. Your life experience surrenders to the fullness of the moment and stands, like a small child, in awe of the scene wanting only to reach out and touch the softness of the cotton.

A small boy and girl walking their dog. Most likely brother and sister; they walk hand in hand. The dog wanders next to them. His scraggly fur shows his age to be older than most. All three of these energies wander along the path. I am certain they do not know where they are headed. Just plodding along as the near summer energy of the day leaves them wanting the freedom the season brings, innocence. They represent the innocent nature of the child. The mind free of debris from past experience and open to all possibilities before them. Not thinking of what will happen next but instead wondering why the ants make hills of dust and if they will see a butterfly.

I sit beside a creek. It bubbles and twists around branches swept in by the last thunderstorm. Running water. no sound more beautiful... more soothing. Looking to my right the creek calls to me. I spot a moving energy going down the bank. The otter, he swims downstream. Moving with the current he only exerts himself when he must. Only his head is above the water. He stands firm in his destination, going home perhaps?

The beauty of the summer months are revealed in nature. The Grace of our Earth Mother is shared with those willing to stop and be present within her leafy walls. The challenge in front of us this season is to become present in our everyday moments. To embrace the innocence of our own inner child and stand in awe of the adventure of life before us. To remember the playful energy of the otter, whose days are filled with dipping and diving in our Earth's waters. I invite you to drink in the energy of Summer. Be at one with the season and with the fullness nature has to offer. The innocence and purity of a present moment with nature will always be enough to bring you back and to take you back to your self, the inner being who is always watching. In that space you are one with the Divine. Only then is clarity, innocence and love possible.

Happy Summer.

By Lisa Toal