Coming Full Circle

Hello from my heart to yours....

"Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings."     Victor Hugo 

.. and let me tell you... I was singing this morning when the sun's rays were making their way through my window... Alleluia! This is what an Autumn day is like in South Florida.... and the birds are here already... they start arriving as early as August.. we can see them pausing on the tree branches if we would just stop for a moment to observe the wonders of nature... it's easy to take it for granted when you live in such a wonderful climate as SoFla, but since I am one with nature, the "jungle-like" garden (that is overrun with weeds right now from all the rain) is a sanctuary of sorts... it attracts all kinds of birds and animals... there is even a gecko living in the bushes since Easter weekend... 

I read a little about a bird's migration... it's only a "true migration" if it is a round-trip journey... made me think of "coming full-circle..." ... not sure why really, but I suppose I envision the birds always going home... touching base again and starting the next leg of their journey almost as soon as they arrive... I saw a chart that has birds arriving in Miami in August and spending only 3 months here before they start heading back around Thanksgiving... crazy huh? do the math.... half of the year flying and the other half resting... completing a circle over and over... 

We are like that, too... but hopefully we don't spend as much time as they do on each segment of our lives... we are always beginning again... with every new adventure and endeavor, we take flight, and then, we rest... we fly again, and rest again... sometimes the wind is behind us and we can almost glide, however, other times..the headwind is so strong that we are forced to sit on a bough ... if we are lucky, we pick a strong bough to wait out the wind... but if not, and the bough starts to give way beneath us, we have nothing to fear as long as we remember that we have wings....

There are several interpretations for "coming full circle"... but I like this one: 

"To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things. " 

no.. I don't "like" it .. I LOVE it ! ... Isn't that what we are always doing? ...changing and transitioning...? hopefully we are doing it to better ourselves... gaining experiences and learning lessons that help us to be the blessed people God intends us to be... always returning to where we started..perhaps to prepare ourselves for the next transition...to gain momentum from the "home" point... what I like is that we can "come full circle" over and over and over again... as long as we keep the "core" values of our circle intact... our morals, our convictions, our beliefs, our faith ... there is no reason why we should ever stop singing during our journey... let the bough break and soar!

May you all fly.. may you all sing... may you all remember that you are loved beyond measure and a cherished blessing to the world and me....

May your evening be blessed with all things good,

With Love,

Elena