As the snow fell yesterday in Park City, dropping over 40 inches of white fluffy powder to our ski resorts and town, it is hard for me to believe it is spring. This illusion reminds me that everything is not as it seems. How often is our perception shaped by what we physically see?

Budding new life emerges from the ground, despite being blanketed by the crystallized water that covers it. Outside my door, tulips, scallions, mint, yarrow, lavender, sage, and other perennial flowers are making their way up through the soil, reaching towards the sunlight that now lies under a few feet of snow. They continue to grow without me having to do anything. They are tuned into nature's cycle - knowing when to germinate, bud, grow, and blossom. They are nourished by nature's grace feeding them with sunlight, water, and earth.

In the same way, my daughter who is growing inside of me instinctively tunes into the cycle of life - growing organs, limbs, senses, and awareness that soon will enable her to live outside of my body on her own. I do not do anything to control this process. Instead, what is needed is surrender and support. In the same way my garden grows outside of my house, my daughter grows inside of me. This body's intelligence knows what to provide and when to provide it. My responsibility is to nourish the body with food, water, and movement, and in turn the body will takes care of my beautiful baby.

Whether it is new life outside or new life inside that is emerging in the springtime, the process requires surrender and nourishment. It is the co-creative process of life. As human beings, we have free-will, choice, and physical bodies that allow us to take action here on earth. In my belief, that is 50% of the equation. The other 50% is the intelligence of the Universe and/or our higher power (whatever you believe that to be) infusing us with direction, inspiration and growth. Co-creating the life we desire means we need to open and align ourselves to this force, receive its guidance and messages, and then act. When we engage in this type of relationship, when we trust our guides and higher power, we are escorted to a path that is far more beautiful and magnificent than anything we could have planned ourselves. I know this is the case with my garden and I trust it will be the case with my daughter, as it was with my son.
 
To me, this is what springtime is about: the emergence of new life, new possibilities, new choices, and new adventures. This week, please join me in surrendering control to the Divine, to Life, to the flow of the Universe. May we open ourselves to receive the wisdom that is inherent in nature and trust our hearts to follow the path. Here are some reminders to ease the way:

1. Pay attention to every synchronistic moment that appears to be a coincidence. Take notice and write them down. Observe where they are leading you.

 

2. Take an inventory of the seeds you have planted; ideas, projects, and responsibilities that are currently on your plate. Of these, what requires your nourishment? What seeds need you to get out of the way of their growth?

 

3. Notice where you are experiencing stress. Ask yourself if you are trying to control the outcome? Does your ego need to control this area of your life? If so, would you be willing to surrender whatever is unfolding with acceptance rather than resistance?

 
This is the time to co-create what you desire by nourishing the seeds that are emerging in springtime, within in you and outside of you.

 
BELIEVE in the possible. CREATE the possible. LIVE the possible.


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