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Trust The Promise


This blog is going to be a type of journal. My hope is this will help keep me accountable for doing the things I am committed to doing this year and to share with others my journey. I found the first lines of this poem on my Instagram feed this morning and after looking up the whole poem decided I need to share it here.

TRUST THE PROMISE
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.

Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.

Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you.

John O'Donohue
Excerpt from, 'For a New Beginning'


You see for me this year (or the start of the school year really) has been a struggle for me. As a full time wife and mother for the last 20 some years my boys are now more independent. Yes they still ask me for advice but they don't 'need' me. This is a good thing I'm very proud of the young adults they have become, but it means I need to find my new beginning. I spent the end of 2019 doing a lot of reflecting. In 2020 I want to step onto new ground and see where it takes me.

I will be doing a lot of creating in my little blue shed. I'm not sure where this will take me, but I am looking forward to the adventure. First I need spring to come and melt all this snow so I can once again get in my little blue shed.

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