For Everything There Is a Season
Photo: (c) 2015 Linda M Neas Living in farm country has a way of keeping me balanced - of keeping me from becoming too obsessed with any one thing - because on a farm, everything runs by seasons. "This too shall pass," is lived out without conscious thought. Change simply is. Over the past month, change has hit many upside the head and left us spinning. The unthinkable has become reality. That reality has strained the very foundations of what we believe. Fear and depression has nipped at our heals. For many, balance is tenuous. This too shall pass! What I have learned, living in the community of farms, is that the dawn brings a new day, the harvest brings nourishment and once spring comes, the cycle begins again. Applying that to life, I find that challenges can be overwhelming if I mire myself in the mud of "what if" or "I can't." But, if I roll up my preverbial sleeves and fearlessly delve into the problem, a solution, a resolu...