The Turning Wheel
Life is made up of cycles.
The seasons change. Flowers grow and fade. People are born and die… and are reborn.
Within each life there are cycles as well. Life is rarely stagnant. If it is, it doesn’t tend to remain that way for long. Events repeat. We pass through seasons.
It is almost time for the wheel to turn yet again. The ending of another harvest season, the beginning of another winter, the anticipation of the returning spring and the following warmth of summer.
It has taken six years for the larger cycles in my life to turn. I return now to the place I once left. I return in much the same fashion as I did when I left. This is not exactly the same place, and I return with much love surrounding me. I return with a better understanding and acceptance of myself than I left with, as well. That alone may make the greatest difference as I go forward.
Am I home? This remains to be seen. It may be years before it is seen and known with any degree of certainty. I am welcome though. I am loved and wanted, by myself, by my friends, and at long last, by my family.
It is almost time for the wheel to turn. What road does it take now?
October 29, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Am so looking forward to Yule this year. I can sit there and peer into the new year, say good riddance to this one, and talk to Kerridwen about the future. whoohoo
October 30, 2008 at 12:00 am
And yet, it seems to me that the optimism that came with the entry of this year was not misplaced. I felt better things coming, and though it’s been long and difficult, here I am, and the better things are here.
I will be glad to see this year behind me though.
October 30, 2008 at 6:26 am
Amen to all of that.
October 30, 2008 at 4:25 pm
i wrote something very personal and very close to the points you bring up here. happy to see that wordpress automatically generated a link to that post as possibly related post to yours lol
i completely agree with everything you said here.