Summer is a time of generosity
and of thriving,
not only of plants and land,
but of ideas and plans,
visions and possibilities.
There is much that asks
for our patience and our power.
We may feel poised at a crossroads,
held in a luminous space
between comfort and risk,
effort and ease,
determination and desire.
Now is when we discover
we are invited
to choose a way forward,
that we can’t tend every dream
into flourishing,
that we must make our peace
with closing some doors
if we want to step forward.
May we gather our resources.
May we pause to listen to longing.
May let the sensation
and the knowing
of thriving and flourishing
seep into us.
May we steep for a spell
in this abundant warmth
and pulsing desire
of summer’s power.
May we hold our offerings
close to our hearts one more time.
May we lift what we’ve chosen
up into the sun
and set forth.
We have chosen our way.
