New Beginnings

I connect the colour pink with rose quartz and this draws my attention and focus into my heart.  Today, as I walked Tiger, I noticed the beautiful magnolia and cherry trees that are beginning to blossom and observed how uplifted and happy I felt as I stopped to take in their presence.

The buds and flowers reminded me of new beginnings and I felt hopeful and once more in awe of nature and its ability to give so much joy.  It reminds me again and again to appreciate the little things; the delicacy of the cherry blossom is tender and reminds me of the fragility of life and to be gentle and thoughtful of how I touch and hold something that is vulnerable.  The magnolia takes me back to childhood and the fear of frost that would kill off the buds and turn them brown before they had time to flower in full.  The fear can take me away from my enjoyment and I can remain one step removed from the fullness of experiencing the beauty and other memories of this time of year and the memories that are attached to it.

“The magnolia takes me back to childhood and the fear of frost that would kill off the buds and turn them brown before they had time to flower in full.”

Rachel Podger

With every cycle there are losses as well as new beginnings and within this is life and abundance.  I urge everyone to take a walk and enjoy the blossom and breathe into the life that these beautiful trees are offering us.  They too help me come back into my heart and remind me that when I connect all of my experiences of the colour pink, especially so with nature, in rock or plant form, there is a lightness of being that reminds me to stop and take in what is around me.  I know now that this ability for observation and nourishment is what has sustained me through the darker and colder moments and as with the frosted magnolia, there is always hope for the future.