Attending to Nature’s Call

Beginning with petals collected from a rose bush in my own yard, I laid down a spiral in bright pink petals, and shared how that rose bush which gets cut back nearly to the ground every fall, burst back every summer with color, vibrancy, and beauty.  We share that hope for our spiritual community.  One participant brought oak tree starters which he planted from acorns he gathered from an old oak that was  had been destroyed in his yard.  Another added an old dilapidated fairy house as she spoke about the loss of home that came with the death of her mother and the loss of a relationship through divorce, both which occurred in the last year.  Others shared debris, stones, sticks and symolizing the loss of life they’ve experienced.  Another spoke about finding openings even amidst difficulty and she added broken open walnuts and an empty bird’s next to our creation.

In our sharing found hope, courage, and gratitude for survival, for life’s relentless insistence to go on, and for the connections we share still – with each other and Earth, that sustains, supports and shows us that resiliency is her way!  We completed our offering with song, drumming, and walking lightly together as we sang, in a circle, around our offering.  It was beautiful, meaningful, and healing.