Tag: seasons

Always Growing

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Choices, Growth, sadness, grief, pain, prayer, peace

This year has been very hard. I lost some very dear, loved ones and I am still grieving. I have been stuck in a place of wanting to go forward and also wanting to remain. It seems like the two have been parallel in time. In saying that, I have kept moving, growing, learning, creating, and exploring the complex world around and I have given myself a space and time to just be. I have stopped trying to answer all of the mysteries surrounding life and I have kept my thoughts and hurt inside.

I write today because it gives me a comfort to know that I am not the only person who is grieving, and if I can give just one person faith to know, seasons change. We are always growing whether we want to admit it, it is what we do. We grow through hurt, pain, grief, love, laughter, heartache, joy, anger, and all of the other emotions we have. It doesn’t mean we will understand all of the why’s, but we Will grow through those times and keep growing.

I have chosen to use writing, and educating, and joy to keep growing and in that I intern will work out my grief in my own way. So remember, when you meet a person, give them space to work out what they are feeling because we all need time. We are all growing!

Is this your season?

by Danielle Atkinson, posted in Uncategorized

Seasonal Fruit

Have you ever eaten a beautiful piece of fruit out of season?
Taken a bite but it really wasn’t pleasing.
From the outside it looked juicy and sweet.
Unfortunately for you, it really wasn’t a treat.
The month of the year was deep in November.
The fruit you ate was due in September.
Out of season, out of its time seasonal fruit seasonal mind.
Although it seems like the time is right, the sun was shining and you saw a sign.
Was it God speaking and was it the right time.
Although the season seemed to be good, you had all of the hook-ups and everything was tight.
Are you trusting God for your fruit to be ripe?
Fruit is the works that comes from your seed.
What kind of seed have you sown and what harvest will it be?
Is your fruit in season are you ready for the harvest?
Have you invested enough in all the right things?
Is your fruit only seasonal, not good enough to consume.
Seasonal fruit comes and goes it tends to look healthy, good enough to eat.
Looks can be deceiving and seasonal fruit can look good.
Each seasonal fruit knows when it should be ripe.
Watch the season you are in and bloom when your time is right.