The beginnings of new years feel like a significant threshold and I thought I would share with you something I wrote last summer, back when there were fewer people reading this newsletter. In every journey, there are thresholds- a line, a border, an edge, a gate, a doorway, a bridge, a passageway, a span of time, or set of behaviors- that lie between the old, familiar, known world and the new, unknown world
Happy Tamil new year, Priya! I hope you dished up a feast. I loved how you conjured up the “accordion” between train compartments:) I would encounter it every year on our annual trip to Chennai. As a child I’d be spooked wondering if it’d detach itself, yikes:) But thresholds can be all good too!
Anu, thank you! My husband and I cooked together and it was great! I don’t think I ever used the accordion connector, but definitely watched more adventurous relatives try it. And, yes, thresholds can be all good too! I guess if they are good, we aren’t reading what someone writes about it!
It's neat the Vedic calendar begins w/ the first sign of the zodiac, Aries. I'd say for those at the verge of a threshold, hold onto your hat and attempt calmness, or patience at the very least. Thresholds, often life-changing, can also be disorienting, though new worlds await on the 'other's side. Thanks for this thoughtful post, Priya and Happy New Year!
happy new year!
@perfectlight, thank you!
Happy Tamil new year, Priya! I hope you dished up a feast. I loved how you conjured up the “accordion” between train compartments:) I would encounter it every year on our annual trip to Chennai. As a child I’d be spooked wondering if it’d detach itself, yikes:) But thresholds can be all good too!
Anu, thank you! My husband and I cooked together and it was great! I don’t think I ever used the accordion connector, but definitely watched more adventurous relatives try it. And, yes, thresholds can be all good too! I guess if they are good, we aren’t reading what someone writes about it!
It's neat the Vedic calendar begins w/ the first sign of the zodiac, Aries. I'd say for those at the verge of a threshold, hold onto your hat and attempt calmness, or patience at the very least. Thresholds, often life-changing, can also be disorienting, though new worlds await on the 'other's side. Thanks for this thoughtful post, Priya and Happy New Year!
Jeanine, thanks for reading and sharing your perspective. It’s much appreciated!
My pleasure.
I love your metaphors. Switching train cars and navigating between Lilly pads. One abrupt the other dainty.
I can go everywhere with metaphors and have to be forcibly restrained. Thanks, Carissa!
Happy New Year, Priya!
I love the image of the lily pad as a metaphor for threshold.
Shinjini, thank you!
Happy new year to you and your family! Thanks for sharing your thoughts in ever so evocative ways, as always!
Thank you, Stace! Appreciate your company and perspectives!