Over........

Over....it's a word we often associate with a negative connotation. I'm not sure why the past couple of days it has been burning in my mind so much. I generally regard my self as a fairly optimistic person....you know the textbook glass is half full girl. Yet my day off yesterday was spent physically preparing our beautiful little farm for the coming fall and winter months..with my mind busily assessing "Over".

So we have Overboard..never good...Overdone..also not good generally speaking...Overdrawn...expensive...Overwraught..exhausting...Overexposed...sounds pale...Overeat...uncomfortable...Overkill...um think about this for a minute...if we look at this one literally..how would this actually happen..bit of a ridiculous word. ..Overgrowth...blackberry bushes...Overflow...messy...Overo...not really an Over...its actually a colour of a Painted Horse...just though I would throw it in anyway.....Overzealous...too much espresso!

I look at "Over" as something designed  by The Universe as a lesson..part of journey here ..( check the glass level...here comes that half full thing again...)

As I see it "Over" is not a bad thing. It is a rebirth, recharge opportunity for us to look at what was and make a now well informed  decision on what is to be. "Over" and its specific circumstances need never be repeated, unless of course..by choice. "Over" gives us time to pause, to think, and in some cases wonder. It allows us the space to reflect and casts us into the overview of our future...what do we want, need, desire..what makes us truly happy. "Over" gives us permission to miss what was, grieve...it's good, its in that missing  or grieving that we can come to terms with ourselves, learn ...get to know ourselves better. Perhaps some "Over's" give us permission to love ourselves a little more and remind us to .....next time be true to ourselves.

Sometimes "Over"can leave us feeling like we are in need of an Overhaul..... like we have been in a constant state of Overdrive....Some leave us Overwhelmed and searching for an Overview that somehow makes sense.

My favorite "Over" is the one that leaves us Overjoyed.....for in this is a realization that we are well on our way...I find in Overjoyed.....a feeling of being blessed...laughter.....insight....knowledge..conviction...and while the path to "Over" quite often is worthy of owning an SUV just to make it through...there is light, and gratitude,  the ability to exhale....and breathe in fresh new life enabling air.....Joy!

Nancy xo