True North

The farther north you go the more angular the light becomes and the less light you absorb into the body, and the body suffers. This isn't a scientific discussion, but it is important to consider, perhaps read up on light and the body. Light is as important for the body as it is for plants. Here's a book that might shed some light (pardon the pun) on it: Health and Light: The Effects of Natural and Artificial Light on Man and Other Living Things

I wonder why we think that energies effecting life on the planet, don't touch us. The planetary energies come in sounds and magnetic waves and heat waves and light waves--and other waves I don't know much about. The tides come and go—this is a huge thing. Barometric pressure changes—there's high pressure and low pressure. Anyway, what I'm trying to say this morning is everything is connected. Humans aren't separate from nature. We are nature and as we interact, things change, come and go, flourish and fade.

This morning I couldn't find my journal and so I opened an old journal to an entry dated 2005. I was in graduate school and working hard. My marriage was failing. I'd decided I needed time off from my marriage and lived separate, taking to heart the theory of the marriage sabbatical being a good thing. It is hard to believe that it has taken three years to dissolve this union. But then, it was a long marriage. Twenty-two years total. Well, even numbers have meaning and perhaps energy—if you've ever looked at numerology, you can discover a lot about the number you were born with, the year you are in, etc. Twenty-two is what they call a master number. I'm actually not sure what 22 means, yet, somehow having the total number of years married be 22 seems significant. Anyway, I digress.

What I mean to say here is that our planet needs us. Our earth needs us to be in harmony with her. Our gardens are important. How we treat the soil is important. There is a balance that must be found and when we are in balance, we are happy. I seek this balance. And in the garden, the tomatoes are ripening and things are bending toward the ground, heavy with fruit. And the leaves are turning orange and red. Things are overgrown in places, twisted and dying. All of it is good, it is the moon cycle. All sprouts, flourishes and goes back to nothing, and then it all starts over.

Be happy and flourish,
Flower