According to the Dagara Cosmology of Burkina Faso, this is an Earth Year. This is a year of nurture, care, abundance, grounding, and belonging.
Both of my parents are/were earth spirits so I have a lot of earth energy in me. Last year was a mineral year, a year of the stories and of energy. Last year was a year of sorting. Sorting what stories still serve who you are and who you are becoming and what stories keep you in bondage. I found myself walking away from lots of things to make room for what want to greet me in this next season of my life.
This year we will get to experience he gifts of the work we did last year. This year the space that we created in our releasing can now be filled with what we have been asking for because there is now room for it.
Earth teach me stillness
as the grasses are stilled with light.
Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory
Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring
as the mother who secures her young.
Earth teach me courage
as the tree which stands all alone.
Earth teach me limitation
as the ant which crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me resignation
as the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep with rain.
UTE PRAYER
This year the abundance of earth is waiting for us to get out of our own way and open to receiving all that we need. And if you remember from a previous post, what we need is bigger than our wildest dreams.
Quanita
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