Prima Vera: A Time for Renewal

It is spring, a time of renewal. Prima Vera, first green; the light has changed, the days are getting longer, and there is a sense of newness in the air. All sorts of critters and plants are waking up from their long winter sleep.

Similarly, it is time to take stock of your own personal well-being. What would you like to see for yourself going forward in the New Year? This is not about resolutions; they are too easy to ignore as time goes by. It is about a plan for better health and vitality. No, it is not about going to the gym or eating a more “healthy” diet. Rather, it is about a plan to move forward toward happiness.

What is being suggested involves not only achieving physical well-being but mental and emotional contentment, as well. Take the time to reflect. Picture what you would like to have your life look like. You don’t have to do it all right now. It is improbable that everything you want will happen all at once. However, the universe (who is coyote, the trickster), appears to love a clear plan to work with.

Circumstances change. People change and plans change. But if you can envision an overall plan for your life, you are ahead of the game. Each year, Springtime provides the opportunity to do that.

Many of us are city dwellers with, at best, tenuous connections to the natural world that surrounds us. Even so, I am hoping you feel the tug of spring’s message of “renewal” and will respond to it.