Summer Solstice Reflections

It's been a long while since I've updated and, while there has been a lot happening on my end, none of that has been visible to you.

I headed out in mid May for a two week trip to Bali, which was absolutely incredible and life changing.  The earth in Bali is so sacred and so respected.  It made me realize how disconnected our relationship with earth is. 

Most of us probably don't even give consideration to that relationship anymore.  We exist and the earth is there, occasionally getting in our way and causing annoyances.  If we want to build, but there is a large rock formation underground that stops us, or we want our car to be nice and shiny but the neighbor's trees have birds that poop all over it (as examples), we are likely to be frustrated with the earth, instead of appreciating what those things actually provide.

There is no longer the connection of what the earth has actually done for us and what it gives us each and every day.  We want things to be picture perfect and it's frustrating when they don't go our way.  It's easier for me to see how we, in the modern world, take for granted the sacredness of the earth energy.  Now this doesn't apply to everyone, and, there are enough people disconnected from that connection that it is creating chaos.

We don't consider what happens after we use a disposable wash cloth, paper towel or plastic.  We throw it away and don't think of it again.  Except now we are being forced to look at the damage we have caused by our convenience and carelessness. 

So on this longest day of sunlight and the summer solstice, I am reflecting on this relationship with the earth and more. 

Our relationship with food.

Our relationship with money.

Our relationships with people.

As I mentioned earlier, I was on an epic two week vacation in Bali through the end of May.  I received some heart breaking news a few days before I was scheduled to return; a dear friend had been murdered.

I've spent the time upon returning home healing myself, recovering from travel, and processing my next steps and what it is I want to create (which is why I was radio silent to the world).

Which leads me to most valuable relationship we can have - our relationship with ourselves.

Each one of these relationships contributes to our life and life experience.

I encourage you to assess your life and all its relationships.  What do you experience? Frustration? Anger? Lack? Joy? Love? Gratitude?

If our experience is not what we desire, the good news is that we can change it! We aren't doomed to go on this way forever.

Relationships take work and if we aren't seeing what we want from them, what are we actually putting into them? 

The easiest way for our relationships to change is not to wait for someone else or something else to be different, so we can respond different.

The easiest way for our relationships to change is to actually be what we desire.  It all begins with us.