Transition for us all

It's Labor Day! The end of summer for our daily consciousness.  But what does that mean?  It's still three weeks until the Autumnal Equinox when Nature and the Sun tell us Summer has ended.  The long forgotten festival of Michaelmas (the feast of Archangel Michael, the Dragon Slayer) is celebrated on September 29th.  Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year, occurs on September 13th, which is also the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, prayer and accountability. September 3-4 is the birth of Krishna and September 15 is the birthday of Ganesh  the Hindu gods. 

What a time of year for the human soul. What does it mean to you and your soul??? Good question.  The creator god (s) designed this time of year to bring a certain experience to the human soul. 

Sound of Music is on TV.  One of my top ten films.  And in this film is a song that resonates everything that sings in the human soul at this time of year. "I Have Confidence" Here are the lyrics.  Do pay attention to them.  How do they express what lives in you? What wants to live in you?



The Sound of Music Soundtrack Lyrics

Maria - I Have Confidence Lyrics

What will this day be like? I wonder.
What will my future be? I wonder.
It could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free
My heart should be wildly rejoicing
Oh, what's the matter with me?

I've always longed for adventure
To do the things I've never dared
And here I'm facing adventure
Then why am I so scared

A captain with seven children
What's so fearsome about that?

Oh, I must stop these doubts, all these worries
If I don't I just know I'll turn back
I must dream of the things I am seeking
I am seeking the courage I lack

The courage to serve them with reliance
Face my mistakes without defiance
Show them I'm worthy
And while I show them
I'll show me

So, let them bring on all their problems
I'll do better than my best
I have confidence they'll put me to the test
But I'll make them see I have confidence in me

Somehow I will impress them
I will be firm but kind
And all those children (Heaven bless them!)
They will look up to me

And mind me with each step I am more certain
Everything will turn out fine
I have confidence the world can all be mine
They'll have to agree I have confidence in me

I have confidence in sunshine
I have confidence in rain
I have confidence that spring will come again
Besides which you see I have confidence in me

Strength doesn't lie in numbers
Strength doesn't lie in wealth
Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers
When you wake up -- Wake Up!

It tells me all I trust I lead my heart to
All I trust becomes my own
I have confidence in confidence alone
(Oh help!)

I have confidence in confidence alone
Besides which you see I have confidence in me!