Honouring Our Rhythms and Cycles

I heard this quote the other day that inspired this latest blog:

“If we cease to act, life will not cease. It may, in fact, grow fuller.”

This simple truth can feel unsettling. In a world that praises constant motion, the idea of not doing can trigger fear. We’ve been conditioned to believe that stillness equals failure, that if we pause, we’ll fall behind. But all life, including yours, needs rest, incubation, and quiet time below the surface to breathe itself full again.

Just as we cannot force a flower to bloom endlessly, we, too, are not designed to be in perpetual output. Every living thing — the moon, the tides, the trees — follows a rhythm. Expansion and contraction. Bloom and retreat. Light and darkness.

Yet we live in a culture obsessed with doing. We’re praised for how much we produce and how busy we stay. Productivity has become a measure of worth. But in our rush to achieve, we’ve forgotten a vital truth:
After we bloom, we must also close.

We must retreat inward — not in weakness, but in truth.

This pause is where life breathes itself anew. It’s where inspiration stirs, and where aligned dreams take root. Without time to listen, we lose connection to our inner compass. Without time to rest, we forget what matters. Without stillness, purpose fades into performance.

Just like the moon in her cycle — growing, glowing, and dissolving — we are radiant in all phases. Nature never doubts this. Trees hundreds of years old shed their fruit and leaves without resistance. They rest without apology. So why can’t we?

When joy feels dull, when creativity runs dry, when your heart quietly calls for rest — listen.
Do not be swept into forced doing. Honour the call to go inward.

If the moon remained full forever, we would never know the beauty of a dark sky.

Be the example. Be the peace. Be the quiet in a noisy world. And when it’s time again, return — as the bud, the bloom, the spark of inspiration. Your rest is not wasted time. It is a part of the cycle. It teaches others that they too, can slow down.

Let us begin to honour our natural seasons. Let us lean into the pauses. From this grounded place, new life is born.