As we all navigate the holidays and contemplate the changes ahead in the New Year — the gatherings, solitude, joys and challenges that lie ahead of us — it can be a valuable exercise to cultivate a sense of flow. Water metaphors are numerous, and with good reason! Flexibility, refreshment, fertility, purification, emotion and even life itself are concepts frequently associated with water. In Wilbur’s world, healing, bathing, rest and revitalization are commonly linked to the medicinal waters. Why not add the notion of flow: proceeding ahead smoothly, effortlessly, economically and gracefully. When we are “in flow,” ideas, solutions and answers seem to appear so easily, particularly when compared to when we are forcing what our mind tells us should be happening. Consider “going with the flow” instead of “pushing water uphill.”
This season, be invited into flow: as you soak in the pools, the geothermal water emerges from deep within the earth, flowing into the flumes, across your body, back into the stream, eventually reaching the vastness of the sea. This is the very same physical flow that dozens of generations of humans have experienced in this wonderfully unique place. In flow, as in so many other ways, we are all connected through time and space. In this sense, we have common cause for celebration.
Best Wishes in the New Year!
From all of us at Wilbur Hot Springs
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