Down Shifting

The last 3 years have been high on energy demands, and especially the last 11 months. High on the list of energy demands would include our move, the passing of my Father and giving support to Mother, our shifting to a new life style, adjusting to a new community and new rhythm, the intensity of the learning curve, fracturing and healing of my hip, our making a home, the length of this last Fall's harvest, to name only a few.

More often than not, it seems we have been in high gear. Of course, we wanted it all to happen immediately, but that makes little sense. Yes, we have made considerable progress. But, we are tired.

After Christmas, we are working to clear our schedules so that we can be home here on the Farm for a week. No unnecessary trips to Town. We'll just be hanging out here in the quiet of our home.

I think we will also be declaring a "slow down" for the month of January. All of this seems in sync with the "sleep time" of Winter. We need to nourish those batteries before the growing season begins anew. Nature is doing it. We should too.

It seems we Humans get swept up in plans and moments. We forget that we are still somewhat in charge. We forget that we need to nurture ourselves. This is not a sprint. We are in this for the long haul. Downshifting is good.