Easter – what’s that all about? It moves around every year and can’t decide whether it’s about Jesus or fluffy bunnies or chocolate eggs or just a nice long weekend at the beginning of spring.
But hidden within this seemingly unconnected symbolism is a consistent message, which is about binding ourselves to the cycle of nature – the renewal of life after the dark of winter. This is a time of rebirth, when we can stop hibernating and start to bring our plans to fruition.
If you’re the type of person who responds to goal-setting, now is the time to get SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound). If you think goals are for football matches, then tune into your heart’s vision.
If you love metaphor, work with the symbolism of the caterpillar. That dull little earthbound creature has no conception of what it will become. As Richard Bach said: “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
One of my favourite poems by Kim Rosen (www.kimrosen.net) is a perfect fit for Easter. I love the idea that there are times in life when you transform – but that before the transformation can occur, you must stay in a still, dark space and just be. Even when it seems like nothing is happening, magic is at work at a deep level beyond conscious awareness. For so long you seem stuck; then, one miraculous day, you find you can fly…
In Impossible Darkness
Do you know
how the caterpillar
turns?
Do you remember
what happens
inside a cocoon?
You liquefy.
There in the thick black
of your self-spun womb
void as the moon before waxing,
you melt
(as Christ did
for three days
in the tomb)
conceiving
in impossible darkness
the sheer inevitability
of wings
© Kim Rosen
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