Today is the spring equinox, the day exactly in between the winter and summer solstices. Winter solstice has the longest night, and summer solstice has the longest day.  Today is the spring equinox, which is the day exactly between the solstices.  It has equal amounts of darkness and light, and it’s the first day of the spring season.  So today is full of the natural energies of freshness, renewal, and balance. 
 
We ourselves are embodiments of nature.  Humans have always celebrated and honored the rhythms of the earth.  We feel the shift of seasons within our own psyches and bodies. We ARE life, and we feel the movement of life within us, as us.  Life!  Spring is the most exuberant, obvious season for the celebration of it. The green-ness grows!  The buds come forth!  The eggs hatch! 
 
No matter what is going on in the world, life continues, always.  Life, unstoppable LIFE, has existed long before even our planet did. It will continue in its eternal, expanding, joyful unfolding long after our beloved planet has passed. Not only does our planet have seasons, but so does the solar system, the cosmos. Nature – on scales smaller and larger than we can fathom.  And we are PART OF IT!  Alive with our loving, beating, precious hearts! 
 
Life is now!  Take a moment to notice the miraculousness of it!  Life is now!  Even in tax season. Even with the scare of an epidemic. There will always be something. And no matter what, YOUR exquisite moment of aliveness is in full bloom, right now.
 
I bloomin’ love you all! (literally, ever-bloomingly!)
Christina
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 PS – You might find it of interest: Due to whatever mysteries of nature involved, today’s spring has come earlier than it has for 124 years!  The last time spring came this early was in 1896. Read about it here, if you like!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/16/first-day-spring-starts-thursday-vernal-equinox-weather/5057610002/

This message popped into my mind this morning: Open, relax, and let your body fall into natural alignment. Let your mind fall into alignment too. Relax, and let natural wellbeing establish itself. No intervention needed for Life to do its thing. It continues turning seeds into beautiful trees, making babies from a single fertilized egg, making galaxies from dust clouds…… Wellbeing is the natural order, and it does it without my help! You, me, we are nature.  Trust in the eternal flow of life that is designed to thrive, always.

I first heard this turn of phrase from my dear friend Sarah.  “Am I being moved by love, or am I doing this to try and GET love?” I suppose it’s another way of saying “Choose love, not fear.”  Sarah’s phrasing works better for me though.  To me, it immediately brings to light the motivation behind either choice.  Love, or the fear that we lack it.  Fear comes from feeling that we don’t have love. That we are not okay. And that we need to DO SOMETHING NOW to get okay, be safe, be loved.  “Am I being moved by love?” reminds me that Love is the intelligent power behind everything.  I am reminded that Love is the very starting place, the ground of Existence. It is eternal, infinite, and there is no way to be without Its presence and wellbeing.  As I go through my days and the innumerable actions within it, it helps me stay oriented to love if I check my motivations with this phrase.  I thought it might help you feel calmer, safer, and to dwell more easily in the truth of love too.

Love, always, for sure,
Christina