The Santa Rosa Labyrinth ~ Twelve Years
MARCH 15, 2009
_Twelve years today…_
_you've walked me…_
_inviting me to wake with every step…_
_gracing the turns in my life,_
_showing me the way through obstacles_
_and dead ends…_
_I love your elegance_
_your back and forth movement_
_when I can not move,_
_frozen in thoughts untrue…_
_You call my name…_
_whispering the secrets of my heart_
_where I hear them first_
_and wear them later_
_this cloth of being me…_
_This day remembered in paper,_
_in sand and stone,_
_and in the beauty of others making you their own…_
_the children of your children_
_spiraling in and out of time_
_stepping right here_
_where the door is open,_
_this joyful song,_
_this path into life…_
Happy Birth Day!!!
Photo: Miniature Santa Rosa finger labyrinth by my dear ladies at [iSpiritual.](http://www.ispiritual.com/)
_you've walked me…_
_inviting me to wake with every step…_
_gracing the turns in my life,_
_showing me the way through obstacles_
_and dead ends…_
_I love your elegance_
_your back and forth movement_
_when I can not move,_
_frozen in thoughts untrue…_
_You call my name…_
_whispering the secrets of my heart_
_where I hear them first_
_and wear them later_
_this cloth of being me…_
_This day remembered in paper,_
_in sand and stone,_
_and in the beauty of others making you their own…_
_the children of your children_
_spiraling in and out of time_
_stepping right here_
_where the door is open,_
_this joyful song,_
_this path into life…_
Happy Birth Day!!!
Photo: Miniature Santa Rosa finger labyrinth by my dear ladies at [iSpiritual.](http://www.ispiritual.com/)
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!