| A Note From Karen
There’s a new chill in the air as our soggy Northeastern U.S. summer recedes. The autumnal change has always been my favorite time of year.
"See you in September..." was my teenage favorite song. I get a rush when I see the first turning leaves signaling summer is ending and new beginnings are in the offing. I’ve always grooved on change and the exhilaration of the unknown. Thank goodness or I’d be splat about now.
As in many cultures, September also calls us to come together with family and friends to celebrate our ancient harvest time and New Year holidays.
We were never very religious growing up, but there was something special about these high holy days that I felt even as a young child.
Throughout human-time prayers and thanks have been given for the blessings of the autumn harvest. In prayer and deep reflection we are reminded of time fleeting as another harvest comes and goes -- a marker event reminding us that we must welcome the unknown and prepare to follow its lead.
As I travel and speak with folks around the globe, it is clear that the chaos and complexity of our times is rattling us to the core -- throwing us off our game and bringing many of us to our knees. For all of us there is so much unspoken fear -- taunting us at the edge of our consciousness --from our personal worries to macro issues like rising seas, fierce fires, and the rampant breakdown of what used to be sacrosanct.
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We already have the know-how to bring us back into sync with our deepest inner knowing. Going inside to the calm center we can use this holy time to call in our ancestors to help us harvest the best possible new future of our own making. Not only do we have the know-how handed down from the ancients, we also we have the tools and resources to birth this new future forward. Our own emerging conscious evolution and the paradigm shifting new sciences provide us with access to 21st century futures thinking that will allow us to cross the unknown divide between what was and what will be.
For our family these holy days will be extra blessed with the arrival of our first granddaughter-- a big deal since it means my maternal lineage will continue. In fact, she is due the week of Yom Kippur, our tradition’s holiest of holy days, bringing auspicious blessings for this wondrous soon-to-be new addition.
As with birthing new life, we must welcome the unknown with open arms.
Karen Sands, MCC
Making Futures GreatSM
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