Gift giving

The gift giving season started early for me this year.  In my case, Spirit gave me a gift I hadn't even asked for.  Much to my surprise, I was gifted with the completion of a life's lesson.  For me, the lesson had started the day I was born.  Many years later after much hardship, confusion and frustration, I received a message saying that I was done with this lesson.  Wow!  A part of me was joyous, happy and thrilled. "How often does this occur?" and "Aren't life lessons complete only when we die?"  I asked.

Apparently not.  While one part of me celebrated, the other part of me began to wonder what was next.  What did Spirit have in store for me now?  Hmm?!  Later that day while walking in my apartment complex I saw a beautiful tree with red, gold and orange leaves.  That tree like so many others didn't question its path or its journey.  Each fall that tree allows its leaves to turn color, fall off and die.  Then the tree waits out the winter season until the spring comes.  In the spring, the tree sprouts new leaves and the process starts all over again.  In essence, we are very similar to the tree.  We sprout new parts of ourselves, we blossom and grow.  In time, other parts die and we wait patiently while we re-group and then the process starts all over again.

For me, parts of my tree had died.  A lesson had been completed and now I waited for a new beginning.  In the last few weeks, I have been embracing new teachings.  I'm learning about the Goddess and have been asked to study anatomy.  Additionally, I have a new spirit guide and a new power animal.  What is next for me?  I do not know.  However I feel I am being guided, supported and loved as I take each step.