I love Summer!
Seasons
– all of them – are important to me, in the way I perceive life and death and
my own place in the bigger picture. On a physical, emotional and instinctive
level, though (partly because I have a Sunlight Deficiency condition that makes
the darker seasons more difficult for me) I’m happiest in the Summer time.
One
of the blessings of Summer lies in the fact that because it’s warmer, more of
my body can be bared to the elements and this makes me feel more deeply and
profoundly connected to Mother Nature and, so, to the Divine Feminine. I love
being barefoot – walking on grass or soil or sand, with nothing in between my
skin and the ground. It “Grounds” me - both literally and metaphorically.
Recently,
I read an article that puts forward some of the physical reasons why walking
barefoot is good for us. You can read the article here.
For
so many of us, this confirms what we already instinctively know: Being barefoot
is good. It helps to bring us back to Earth, to ourselves and to the Divine
within us, and everything.
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| 'Playful Earth' by Katarina Silva |
Barefoot
Barefoot,
I can feel
the
rhythms of birth
and
the pulsing of the Earth,
the
heartbeat of Death
and
the rise and fall breath
of
the rhythm of the trees,
in
the rhythm of the leaves
and
the droning of the bees
-
and the pumping of Life
in
my veins and arteries -
in
the buttercups and daisies
and
the dandelion faces,
-
in memories of histories,
the
dim and distant past,
connected
forever,
from
first to last -
and
the grounding of the grass,
where
the rhythm of the world
and
my own heart’s beat
and
the Song of All Things,
for
this moment, meet,
in
the here and now
-
in the grass beneath my feet.
Ruth Calder Murphy is a writer, artist, music teacher, wife and mother living in London, UK. Her life is wonderfully full of creativity and low-level chaos. She is the author of two published novels, “The Scream" and "The Everlasting Monday", several books of poetry and one or two as-yet unpublished novels. She is passionate about celebrating the uniqueness of people, questioning the unquestionable and discovering new perspectives on old wonders. She is learning to ride the waves that come along—peaks and troughs—and is waking up to just how wonderful life really is. You can visit Ruth and view more of her art on her website, or on her writer's page on Facebook. Her books are available on Amazon, here.
Glorious!!!!!
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