A Lesson at the Doorway 🕸️🐞 · The Rise & Align Lounge

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A Lesson at the Doorway 🕸️🐞

Last night as I was locking my front door, I noticed a beautiful spider web stretched across the doorway through the window. I decided to go outside and look a little closer. Climbing nearby was a bright red ladybug. And in the spider web - a large spider.

I tried to encourage the ladybug to move away from the web without disturbing the spider or its work. No luck. The ladybug kept moving in the opposite direction. Errrr.

After a few more unsuccessful attempts, I said, “Be careful,” wished it well, and headed inside.

Fast forward to this morning:

Hubs asked if I could pop downstairs and grab the package on the front step. And as I walked down the stairs and looked through the window…the ladybug was exactly where I envisioned it might be. Right in the middle.

I felt a little sad. Not because I did something wrong. Not because I should have tried harder. I had to sit with this feeling for a moment to understand the why of the sadness.

Maybe it was a possibility unfolding - that I envisioned - I that attempted to navigate or guide and still was unable to change the outcome.

How often do we do this in our own lives?

We see someone heading toward a lesson they need to learn. We offer guidance. We offer support. We offer love. And then we have to let go. Kids. Partners. Clients. Colleagues. Friends. It’s hard right?

One of the hardest parts of growth is realizing that seeing something coming does not make us responsible for preventing it.

Sometimes the lesson is not about saving. Sometimes the lesson is about witnessing. Sometimes the lesson is about surrender.

As we move toward the Full Moon in Sagittarius, consider:

✨ Where are you trying to control an outcome that is not yours to control?

✨ Where have you offered your wisdom, support, or love and now need to release?

✨ What might happen if you trusted the unfolding a little more?

There’s also rich symbolism in lady bugs, webs and spiders….

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