I M Perfect lady

"Equinox – This is the day when both the daytime and nighttime are of the same length, which has been long interpreted to mean that the world is in balance. Once the autumnal equinox passes, the nights begin to get longer and the temperatures will start to fall. Autumn is a time of dual purpose––it is time to gather the main harvests and it is time to determine what is needed for the upcoming winter. This is also about balance and as such, fall is considered the season of balance, a time during which you can restore balance to your own life."

In the past few days, I have been sitting with a decision I made…and pondering not really the outcome, but perhaps how its decision sits on me.  How does it change who I am or perhaps NOT change me…but how it has changed a relationship in my life.

What I do know is that I have been living a well balanced life for awhile now…and I do know what will tip me out of balance.  

I can tell, immediately how 'off' my body feels when even contemplating doing something that goes against my inner peace.

The oneness I feel or the settledness I feel while in balance can detect quickly what will upset it.

I feel it is in my best interest to keep the inner balance….even at the cost of an imbalance in the outer world.  

I am willing to lose a friendship, end a relationship, ask for space to keep my life in balance.

I know, that in the cycles of life, I will naturally have moments, where I tip out of balance.   Where my inner world has to come to terms with an upsetting moment in life; a death or tragic circumstance.

But the balance I am talking about is the way we choose to navigate this world.  Where we can know what is yanking us out of balance, but in order to make someone else happy, we are okay tipping.

I used to tip so much, I pretty much lived my life upside down…in order to bring peace to others.

I no longer am willing to have my inner balance imbalanced for another's happiness.

I am unwilling to let my life go off balance due to the choice another makes.

I step aside.

In order to keep my balance.

While I sat with a choice I made to keep me in balance…I tried to find a way to accommodate keeping me in balance…while standing with something that I don't agree with.

I couldn't find a way.

To stand with something I don't agree with, I automatically tip.

I lean.

I fall away from what is true for me.

That in and of itself….makes me lose my balance.

I love that on this Fall Equinox….I was pondering my balance while juggling the weight of a choice I made….only to find that by standing by me, I am keeping my balance.

I love that Fall is about restoring balance.

And, what I love even more, is that I practice this throughout the year.

On this Fall Equinox, we created kites and hung them in the wind…our intentions and what stands between us and our furthest reach…written upon them.

Our words perhaps will help restore a deeper sense of balance to our lives.

Some wrote what to do….

Others, what to let go of….

Both will restore balance…Happy Fall Equinox!