{"id":548,"date":"2016-09-29T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/?p=548"},"modified":"2016-09-29T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:19:21","slug":"shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-81-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-81-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-81-1024x504.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesarahwestgalleryoffineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-81.jpg 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Throughout history events have been recorded in varied forms of remembrance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The autumn season has always been my favorite time of year. I think it&#8217;s ironic that Fall holds the shades of my favorite color. To me, fall symbolizes a precursor to winter, the gathering of happiness, the counting of blessings, and a chance to feel the cool energy of life. It is a time of preparation, an opportunity for inner growth. Winter isn&#8217;t about death. Winter is the time where focus is centered below the surface. Winter is a time of mindfulness, within. This time of year yields peaceful space for quiet, warm afternoon teas, a chance to ponder all that has been gathered throughout the year. It is a time to celebrate the vitalized lessons of spring and summer&#8230;using the nourishment resourced from the summer sun. Every season, especially fall to winter is a gift in life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As a creature given to these Earth elements, I often think of my life and how it may be a better part of the world. I recognize that I am a part of the greatest creation of life on this planet. As a human inhabiting this world, my being serves as one of the most advanced forms of creation in existence, and I know that I must do so much more to reach my greatest potential, in my effort to contribute more to humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is this shift, this is the season, this is the time to harvest the abundant energy. It is the time that my soul continues to whisper to me to &#8220;<em>elevate<\/em> my sense of being, to go beyond and to grow.&#8221; May you grow and reach greater elevations this season. May you feel the cool exhilarating energy blowing through the leaves this fall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;Michele West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout history events have been recorded in varied forms of remembrance. The autumn season has always been my favorite time of year. I think it&#8217;s ironic that Fall holds the shades of my favorite color. 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