Autumn Haiku

We are in the heart of Mother Nature's kaleidoscope of vivid, colors changing and emerging; leaves falling and disintegrating to embody the fullness of their cycle of life.  All the while, the soil is tilled,  subtly  for creating "what 's next".  The beauty of this reminds me of a few haikus that found their way through my heart this time last year. Ahh, autumn's gifts keep on giving and my heart and mind are overflowing with gratitude and keen awareness to each and every one.  Thank you, autumn for your ever-present beauty, gifts and grace.

Autmn Haiku

Sunshine through the leaves

autumn's true colors reveal

the beauty of "what is"

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Bright autumn sun streams

like a shower through the trees...

Vivid colors glow

Here's to... the gifts of the season.

Autumn blessings to all...

Autumn's Grace

With the first day of Autumn, a day behind us now.... 

I pause to reflect on the beauty and teachings it offers all of us who

 seek to learn and embody its wisdom. 

 I honor the spirit of  Autumn with the above SoulCollage® card.  

I gathered found-images and arranged them as Intuition guided me...

my heart rejoices in gratitude for this wonderful, 

creative practice founded by Seena Frost over 25 years ago. 

So dear Seena and family at SoulCollage®, Inc.,

I am thankful to you for the inspiration you are....

the depth of self-discovery that SoulCollage® offers...

and the expanded horizon of my life...

which now spans the world...

because SoulCollage®

connects us to one another...

 and more deeply with ourselves.

Thank you.

~   ~   ~ 

To see the essence of  what "Autumn's Grace" shared with me, click here.   

To bask in the Ode to September inspiration, see the post below.

To learn more about SoulCollage® click here ...

for an inspiring video, featuring Seena! -

 or visit the official website, here.
To learn about the Principles of SoulCollage®, click here

With immense gratitude... ~Cheryl

Ode to September...

  

Ah... the aperture opens... 

September's on the brink of bloom. 

 It's the month that widens the threshold

 and ushers us  into a new season. Fall.   

....a season of release, and harvest

..and reflection and gratitude...

 a season for allowing release...

 and surrendering to it.

...a season of turning inward and 

opening ourselves wider... 

to the nourishment...

and wisdom of spirit

...and Spirit.

..a time of remembered blessings

...a time of gathering and steeping 

of our inner-richness, gratitude...

...and resources...

...and renewal of our inner-resources.

... a time of remembering... 

...and heart-smiles

...and release yet again.

...a time of contemplation 

and surrender.

...a time of strengthening

...a time of  integrating "our Heart's Knowing"

...that come Spring....

or whatever the next natural "season of our life" is...

...we will spring forth with all that September...

...and Fall has opened us to within ourselves.

September, I do love you.

~   ~   ~

My deepest gratitude for September and its gifts, its promptings...its beauty and its inspiration...and its uncanny ability to turn me inward, with its nourishment, with its grace and its immense gratitude...for my acceptance of its invitation and gifts.   September gives me so much!  Indeed something comes over me when September dawns in my being, and winks at me.  Thank you, September.