Hanging On, and Then… © 2013 Bo Mackison
However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
~ Ann Landers
The old ways are so comfortable. I know this.
I hesitate when told it’s time to let go,
take flight…where am I going?
The possibilities rise endlessly,
questions to ponder, details, details.
No time for planning, just let go.
The leaf releases, takes flight,
precious, brief, free fall, wind drift. Swirl.
Does it land upon the earth – field or garden?
Blow across the prairie, catch upon a protruding stalk?
Drift into the lake, sink to the muddy bottom?
Feed the earth, feed the garden,
decomposing, new earth, crumbly and nutritive?
Wither on the stalk, get torn apart by biting winds?
Sink into the wet, matted and slimy,
transform into a home, a hiding place, for tiny critters?
I let go of the familiar,
fly away with the unpredictable winds.
The future is unknown, my game of possibility.
Though I’d plotted my course, only an unexpected gust,
and I’m in new territory, unexplored places
frightening, exciting.
Oh, the challenges ahead!
Forward, then, with open eyes, open mind, open heart.
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Bo Mackison is photographer, book-maker, collector of stories, naturalist, curator and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Life is one continual opportunity for change – sometimes adapting to those changes is as adventurous as riding a leaf in a windstorm.
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I can so relate to your beautiful words. Was just this morning thinking about my resistance to taking myself beyond my familiar comfort zone..and simply letting go. Thank-you!
Letting go and then living in the present…such hard things. ??? 🙂
Such a refreshing, promising bit, Bo. Seems many of us are doing this – pondering “letting go” and “what will be?” Lovely, dearie. XO
I love a good challenge…some days. Some days I;d like it to just be slow and easy. 🙂
Beautiful.