Growth In Every Season

Thanksgiving Haiku

November 27.2025

Winter snow’s falling..

White blankets still the chaos.

But roots keep growing.

Last week I shared how I had been holding back all of who I am. Yesterday I was reminded of Marianne Williamson’s often quoted excerpt from “Return To Love” that demands I confront myself around my deepest fear of being powerful beyond measure. That playing small and shrinking so others won’t feel insecure doesn’t serve the world. That we are all meant to shine our light.

Have you noticed how being in your best and highest self draws people to you who are also living in their higher selves? You are drawing the like-minded people in to move with you to do the good work that comes from your heart. The work that serves to help the larger population flourish, not a select few. You are all in service to a greater good. We are all in service to a greater good. It’s our work.

Just as those people show up, everything we need divinely shows up to help move us along in completing our assignments. Yesterday’s verse of the day on Bible Gateway’s site showed up in that way. Hebrews 12:28 in The Message version of the Bible ends that scripture with

For God is not an indifferent bystander. He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and He won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. God Himself is Fire!

Just a reminder that I’m not walking through this developmental process on my own. God is shepherding me and actively participating in getting rid of what doesn’t serve me.

And just to put a cherry on top of yesterday’s growth lesson, the Holy Spirit brought song lyrics from an anthem of joy called “I’m OK.” It’s a wonderful tune on YouTube by the artist Tentwentynine. The words were “Choosing to heal, trusting that God is in control. Knowing that all things are according to His plans for me, because of that, I’m ok.” Just for me in that moment.

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Winter is coming. Tree branches have been stripped bare and for many of us snow will blanket the ground. That blanket brings with it a quieting. Step outside on a snowy night and experience beautiful stillness. Not everything is dormant. Deep below, tree roots are being nurtured and preparing for the next season, just as I am.

A 500 word entry can’t cover my life journey or what has come out of it. Looking back on the venture, it seems a bit like a movie with the Holy Spirit helping me take a look at my developmental stages. There’s been the constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing of a mindset. All of it involved doing the deep root work to nourish myself into a new and higher way of being. Today I’m thankful for God “cleaning house”, and how I am being prepared for my next season. Whatever happens, it’s going to be good!