A tiny letter to march
March is here. Arriving without fanfare on the back of a month that although, the shortest in the year, has felt like it went on for 6 months. But there is a determination in me to move differently in March. To gentle the nervous system into realising we aren’t in fight or flight. To stop rushing. To stop treating everything like an emergency. To realise that the years and the days pass differently and what worked last year won’t work this year. to stay in that place of both anticipation of what’s coming and being present in what’s happening.
March is the start of spring as it were. But in a tropical country not much changes in the month of March. We don’t have the seasons to remind us how to live. To educate us on when to bloom and when to rest. All we have are the long days of sunshine and humidity and the torrential rain that cleanses. Our seasons are internal here in the tropics. And so one must learn to move differently.
I have some predictions for March. Anticipations if you will. I think March will bring something new. I think it will bring with it the new opportunities. I think it will bring the unexpected. But I think that March will also bring some stability. The settling into routines. The realisation of what works and what doesn’t. But also the clarity of what you will settle for and what you won’t.
If February brought some lessons, then I think March will bring the outworking of those lessons. Maybe they will become the foundation for this next season of life. Maybe they will become the kind of lessons you only have to learn once in your life. and so in my tiny little love letter to March I ask for this.
May you be gentle with those of us who are trying to regulate. May you bring opportunities for us to say yes to things. March may you be full of routines that bring peace. May you be full of long hours of sunshine to warm our bones that have been asleep for so long. May you be filled with coffee dates and snatches of moments that remind us that this is why we were put on this earth. To not just hustle and grind but to look up and realise that there is beauty on this earth and it’s worth it.
