It has been some time since we last posted, and we are now here to (fingers crossed) make this a regular component to HF's offerings and building/maintaining connections.
A very close mentor of mine shared how fall and winter are a magical time with the AMOUNT OF ENERGY that floats about. Nature knows that in order to survive, it must go inwards. Trees EXPEND energy in order to shed, to go inwards and be still for the winter.
This start of the school year has been unlike any other. Serving as head coach for boys soccer has been an incredible experience, learning and growing from these student athletes.
But there has been something else about this year, and I think it has to do with the picture below.
This year FEELS. We had off for Yom Kippur this year, and I couldn't wait for the extra day. It has only been two full weeks of school. TWO! When my body had a chance to rest, I became sick.
I realized that I have been putting forth so much energy into coaching and teaching, and that there is some type of ____________ taking place.
Now, if I could fill in that blank, it would be AMAZING. But I can't. And I am more than OK with it. I know that, as time passes, I will gain more clarity into what it is I am feeling right now.
At the moment, it feels like there is some type of transition taking place. I know that I want more for myself, for those around. I want my work to have greater impact, and I want to further apply the gifts with which I have been blessed and my knowledge to help transform educative contexts and the lives of others.
It seems that my energy expenditures are taking too much. While I can think of a host of reasons as to why this might be, I will not focus on any potential negativities.
I am going to trust, that walking into this forest of the fall, that there is clarity in the darkness. That there is balance in the darkness. That there is light in the darkness.
I know that many of us feel in a moment of transition. We need to quiet down, unplug from our usual consumptive practices, and listen. Just as nature goes inwards to stillness in the colder months, we should too.
Let us sit in the stillness that is US, listen and carefully observe to what stirs within and gain clarity as to where we are, and where we want to be.
With love and gratitude, Venkat
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