This is my delight
thus to wait and watch at the wayside
where shadow chases light
from Where Shadow Chases Light by Rabindranath Tagore
The New Year offers opportunity for reflection and action.
I started to sort through some 2022 images that I hadn’t explored
and came across some photographs from an early evening walk to the mail box last October.
The late sun deepened the intensity of the colors – an invitation
sun at the end of the day
the tilt toward winter
the bright stillness of leaves
a brilliance of spent Chokecherry, Flax, Horsetail, Hawthorn, Serviceberry, Red Osier Dogwood, Cottonwood, Willow…
may we greet the dance in celebration
with respect
and whisper and shout to each small thread weaving us together
Thank You, Thank You
may we step into the responsibilities that are ours
in our kinship with the web of life that makes our lives possible
May we Re-Member
For each of us, may this New Year be filled with curiosity, creativity and compassion
Best wishes for your health in 2023 ~ Youpa
