Life manifests in all sorts of world forms. Four crows perch nearby, three in one dogwood, one in another. The dogwood bloom is done, the trees moving to the next stage of growing. Always, always we let go of one stage to move to the next. All the small endings that lead to new beginnings.
"The body will be faithful to living for as long as it can," says yoga teacher Matthew Sanford. He was injured in an auto accident at age thirteen, and cannot walk. He speaks of healing, changing, death of one thing to make way for the growth of another thing. He speaks of the human body, but the analogy extends seamlessly to all the living Earth.
Compassion for the aging individual body that does not heal like it once did can grow understanding and compassion for all the wounds and struggles in the world. Compassion for world-embodied life, not just human-embodied life. What an opportunity for growth comes to us through death.
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