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Opening Prayer: Eternal one who circles the seasons with ease, teach me about Earth’s natural cycle of turning from one to another. Remind me often of how she opens herself to the dying and rising rotations, the coming and going of each of the four seasons. Open me today to the teachings of the season of Autumn.
INTENTIONS: When I accept only the beautiful and reject the tattered torn parts of who I am, when I treat things that are falling apart as my enemies, walk with me among the dying leaves, let them tell me about their power to energize Earth’s soil.
When I fear the loss of my youthfulness and refuse to accept the reality of aging, turn my face to the brilliant colors of autumn trees, open my spirit to the mellow resonance of autumn sunsets and the beauty of the changing land.
When I refuse to wait with the mystery of the unknown, when I struggle to keep control rather than to let life evolve, wrap me in the darkening days of autumn and encourage me to wait for clarity and vision as I live with uncertainty and insecurity.
When I neglect to care for myself and become totally absorbed in life’s hurried pace, give me the courage to slow down as I see how the earth slows down and allows her soil to rest in silent, fallow space.
When I fight the changes of unwanted, events and struggle to keep things as they are instead of letting go, place me on the wings of birds flying south, willing to leave their nests of comfort as they journey to another destination.
When I fail to say thank you and see only what is not, instead of what is, lead me to gather all the big and little aspects of my life that have blessed me with comfort, hope, love, inner healing, strength and courage.
CLOSING PRAYER
Maker of the seasons, thank you for all that autumn teaches me. Change my focus so I can see not only what I am leaving behind but also the harvest and plenitude that my life holds. May my heart grow freer and my life more peaceful as I resonate with, and respond to, the many teachings this season offers me. (by Wendell Berry)
Closing Song: you tube--Beautiful Relaxing Hymns, Peaceful Instrumental music-November Autumn Sunrise by Tim Janis. Cut off after 4 minutes.
https://youtu.be/GbEyTkrJLZo
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