A million years ago (okay 3 years ago) I used to write a newsletter that I sent to people that belonged to my email list. Every month I’d write a little message inspired by the month itself. I realized quickly that though the notes were meant to be meaningful to the people receiving the emails – more often then not they were messages I most needed to hear, heed or follow.
That March I wrote a note inspired by the idiom about March, “In like a lion, out like a lamb”. {I wish I could remember more of what I’d written that month, but I’d not gotten into the habit of saving those emails. As soon as I sent them – they were gone.} The idea was to harness a little bit of that extra energy that blows through in March (the lion) for yourself.
I am needing a bit of that raw energy today, this month, always. February was rough and I find myself whimpering into March, dragging my tired spirit in behind me.
I have some plans for myself this month. Trying to get some writing done, a vacation for my birthday, a little less Facebook and a little more life. Yet I still had a little whimper left in me this morning leftover from yesterday’s February-ness. And I found myself wandering around my apartment unable to commit to any one task. I actually have some clear goals for myself and I couldn’t get myself to sit down and face any one of them.
And then I remembered the Lion. March isn’t about taming the Lion; it’s about letting the Lion roar.
In my mind, lions get sh*t done! I mean look at this cat.
He is ready to *own* you.
So I stopped the wandering let out a roar and got to work.
Let’s be lions, friends.
ps – if any of you reading used to get that newsletter and happened to hold on to any of them, I’d love to see them again!
pps – ROWR!
