Summer is the time of year when many of us have gentle recollections of front porch swings. In climates where evenings bring a cool refreshing breeze, an after-dinner stroll might consist of passing by a neighbor’s front porch and being offered a drink that tinkles with melting ice cubes. Pausing for a leisurely conversation on a cushioned porch swing is something that still occurs in some neighborhoods.

What happens to us on such occasions? There is a soothing calm that comes over mind and body. These easy chats provide quiet communication that is connective and intimate rather than frenzied, loud, and businesslike. The swinging, swaying movement has consoled many an infant. Children spend hours freely swinging without a thought except maybe reaching the sky with their toes.

There is no work to be done in the gliding motion of a front porch swing. There is just the mesmerizing back and forth, back and forth. So it is with the sweetness of life. Recognizing that it is already present within and around us, we can relax into it and allow it to move us into new places of connection.

Our relationship with the Divine is one we can trust into, one in which we can give ourselves permission to be quietly engaged in the sweet no-thing-ness of Life. We are gently graced into delicious silent movement that takes no effort, only a willingness to be with what already is.

Allow yourself to enjoy the sweet sway of Spirit by closing your eyes and imagining that you are in the porch swing of the Universe. Your feet have not only reached the sky, your mind has expanded into the infinite star-filled night. You are supported and surrounded by a love beyond words that fills you and secures you. Relax, breathe, and be infused with the freshness of sweet.

Inner Woman is brought to you by Rev. Marsha Lehman

From the forthcoming book: The Authentic Woman® Playbook – Daily Discoverings of Your Divine Feminine by the Authentic Woman® Coaching Collaborative

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