Ripening

"Praise to you Sacred Spirit who ripens and brings to fruition, 
who knows the right time for things.
You know the quivering poise between readiness and fall, 
the delicate tension between gathering and letting go. 
Give me grace to know what is my season 
in the rhythms of my flourishing and fading 
as your love ever ripens in me."

(a prayer from “Celtic Wheel of the Year” by Tess Ward)