Summer is here and with that come lots of sunshine and the opportunity for us to play !!
July is our play month. More than playing in the sunshine, water or taking vacations. This is finding a place of childlike joy, bliss and carefree energy. Energetically, we are experiencing surges of energy and without a method to release it, it will have the potential to weigh us down emotionally and physically. This energy is also very conducive to creative thinking and visioning.
Recently I watched a flock of birds swirling in the air. They weren’t flying forward but rather they appeared to be playing in the sky, floating up, swirling down, with a continued flow of movement that appeared to be somehow orchestrated. Their movements were memorizing. I noticed a second flock doing similar movements in the sky yet both of the two flocks never made direct contact. Each flock had a different pattern but similar movement of swirling up and then down. Who was leading these flocks? How were they doing these maneuvers without flying colliding? Were they confused or were they playing? Perhaps one bird was playing follow the leader and the rest were following. Funny what thoughts come when stopped in traffic. Nonetheless, it was amazing entertainment as they gracefully moved around in the sky.
The swooping, non-directional movement of the flocks may be what some of us have been feeling in these recent months. Twirling, swirling and swooping with no real pattern or direction. Many of us have needed to learn to go with the flow or the patterns around us leaving us with a choice of feeling we have no direction. We’re tossed in this twirling motion and can be captivated by fear, or we can embrace the movement and flow of this energy.
From a distance, these flocks of birds had a pattern and there was beauty in their movement. Just like us, from a distance there may be a pattern and beauty that we cannot yet see.
If you find yourself yet in the middle of some of this crazy energy, ask if there is perhaps a bigger view. Are you part of a larger orchestration of energy flow. Go with the flow, be in the dance and rise and fall with joy, peace while you experience the ride, and play !!!