The word for this month comes from Ramona, go check out her blog.So the word is Nourish....
You nourish your mind with books and adventures
You nourish you heart with love... not just for your family but for all living creatures
You nourish body with exercise, good food and meditation
You nourish you soul with prayer and faith
A woman is the perfect example of nourish. Think about all the ways a woman nourishes her child, husband, family, friends, church, and community. I'm not going to list all the examples because this is a blog not a book.
Don't forget to nourish yourself and that doesn't mean taking care of yourself...Nourish with imagination, knowing your own self worth, and to use a cliche, dance like not one is watching. Embrace LIFE
I found this poem and to me (since I'm getting older) represents life being nourished
Here, Again: The Autumn Equinox
I’m here, again…
Come riding in, upon the western wave My hair all wove with golden leaves, my breast
As pale as moonlight on a hidden grave And all the sins of summer long confessed I come, again… In sweeping skirts, with white swan feathers strewn To brush the summer dust from weary grass Make ash of aspen, damp the flame of noon Before the frost freeze water into glass I bring, to you… Windfallen apples, berries from the hedge Long shadows on the barrows, and the chalk Wild winds to stir the willows and the sedge And mist, and myth, down every path you walk I’m here, again… The promise of the harvest to fulfil The energy of autumn, streaming through The swirling springs that spiral round the hill To drench the land in red and russet hue I come, again… Between the longest day and shortest night To fill the blood and marrow of your bones With all the orange glory of the light Before the dark descend upon the stones I bring, to you… A cornucopia of ripened fruit Dark juices of the vine in bottles bright To nourish soul and body, to transmute Your thought to dream, your dream to second sight For I am She… Am Autumn writ, in every field and tree Am mistress of the Owl and running Hare So yield unto my kiss, and blesséd be And dance with me, oh Druid, if you dare… @ Gail Foster 23rd September 2016
5 comments:
Love how your talked about nourishing mind, heart, body, and soul! And the poem you shared is perfect, especially this stanza which speaks to nourishing ourselves with imagination.
"I bring, to you…
Windfallen apples, berries from the hedge
Long shadows on the barrows, and the chalk
Wild winds to stir the willows and the sedge
And mist, and myth, down every path you walk"
Wild winds, and mist, and myth... sound so intriguing and yes, nourishing!
Pat, thank you for this cornucopia! I, too, appreciate the reminder about imagination. xo
I love this line: In sweeping skirts, with white swan feathers strewn/To brush the summer dust from weary grass. Such a beautiful image. Yes, I too, was struck by that reminder to nourish with imagination. Thanks for all these reminders!
Pat, these lines stand out to me:
To nourish soul and body, to transmute
Your thought to dream, your dream to second sight
Tonight, this community has given me eons of thoughts to savor.
"Nourish with imagination." YES-that sounds wonderful.
Thanks, Patricia, for the reminders of the ways we nourish, others and ourselves. That poem about autumn is gorgeous! It makes me look forward to that lady's visit. I'm sure you'll enjoy yours (the autumn of the year and the time of life you're in).
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