The Energy and Abundance of Spring

For many of us in the Northern Hemisphere, spring has fully arrived—gorgeous sunshine, warmer weather, green trees, and blossoms. It’s glorious!

In springtime, life springs into action, full of abundance. Spring is the ultimate chaos of life—full, energetic, and exuberant. It’s chaotic, but in the most affirming of ways.

Spring’s racket of abundance and chaos can fill our cups, if we let it. If you’re feeling drained and empty, expose yourself to the nourishing abundance of life all around you. Chaos can be stressful, or restorative, depending on our attitude toward it.

The Practice

  • Go outside and look at the sunlight and abundant nature all around you.
  • Let yourself relax and open to this abundance—soak it in as a way to fill your cup.
  • Imagine that seeing the abundant life and greenery can relax you, bring life into you, and make your heart sing with joy and wonder.
  • Soak in as much of this life energy as you’d like!

The amazing thing is that this abundant, chaotic life energy is always available to us—no matter the season. It’s the joyful play of little kids, the energy of a crowd in a subway, the emotions of a loved one, the uncertainty in your heart. This is all the abundance and chaos of life—unpredictable, in transition, creative, and powerful.

Can you practice being more open to receiving the abundance and chaos of life all around you and within you?

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Leo Babauta is the author of six books and the writer of Zen Habits, a blog with over 2 million subscribers. Visit ZenHabits.net
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