Remembering and Renewal
New Year’s Eve and the New Year, with all its joy, and its bittersweet recollection of another year gone by, will soon be here. Another year of memories, and another year of living behind us, with everything that entails.
For many, 2009 couldn’t end too soon. A year of stress and economic uncertainty like practically no other in recent memory. For many, changes in their lives with which they would rather not have to grapple. And yet, for many, 2010 approaches with signs of hope.
Is there any possibility of renewal for each of us, in our individual lives? Here is a song that I think beautifully describes new life that can arise from our own depths, sometimes from hidden places of which the conscious ego is unaware.
Blackbird
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
Black bird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.
Easy or hard, you have now made your journey through 2009. What is stirring in you at the beginning of this New Year, that might be “only waiting for this moment to arise”? Is there any indication in your dreams at this time? What might they show you?
My very best wishes to each of you on your individual journey to wholeness, especially at the turning of the year,
Brian Collinson
Website for Brian’s Oakville and Mississauga Practice: www.briancollinson.ca
Email: brian@briancollinson.ca
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