Living in Rhythm, Not Resistance
There’s a quote I return to almost daily:
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” - Lao Tzu
It sits quietly in the background of my life.
And in my work.
I don’t always embody it perfectly.
I still rush.
I still push.
I still forget.
But it’s there, a reminder that there is a rhythm larger than my urgency.
And that I don’t have to fight it.
What Is the Wheel of the Year?
Traditionally, the Wheel of the Year is a calendar of seasonal markers, solstices, equinoxes, and the midpoints between them, observed in various earth-based traditions.
It tracks the movement of light and dark across the year.
The turning of seasons.
The shift from stillness to growth, from harvest to rest.
For some, it is spiritual practice.
For others, cultural heritage.
For me, it is something simpler.
It is a visual reminder that life moves in cycles.
And that nothing is meant to stay at full bloom all the time.
The Rhythm I Return To
I have an image of the seasonal wheel in my bedroom.
I see it every morning.
Not as doctrine.
Not as ritual.
But as orientation.
It reminds me that winter is not failure.
That spring doesn’t arrive by force.
That summer burns brightly but does not last forever.
That autumn asks for release.
It reminds me that my own energy shifts too.
Some months I create with fire.
Some months I retreat into water.
Some seasons ask me to stand firm like earth.
Others ask me to move like air.
The wheel gives context to those shifts.
It helps me move in rhythm instead of resistance.
Why I Follow the Seasons
Because nature does not rush.
And yet everything blooms.
Everything ripens.
Everything falls away.
Everything returns.
The trees do not panic in winter.
The tide does not apologise for retreating.
The moon does not cling to fullness.
There is wisdom in that.
In a culture obsessed with constant output, constant visibility, constant becoming choosing to honour cyclical living feels quietly rebellious.
It allows for:
Rest without guilt.
Growth without urgency.
Release without shame.
It makes space for phases.
What This Has to Do With Jewellery
Everything.
Jewellery, in my work, is never just decorative.
It marks a season.
It honours a threshold.
It anchors a shift.
The elements.
The birthstones.
The solstices and midpoints.
They aren’t trends.
They’re reflections of the same rhythm.
When someone chooses a piece during winter, it often carries steadiness.
In spring, courage.
In summer, expression.
In autumn, depth.
The designs follow the same arc as the year itself.
Nothing rushed.
Nothing forced.
Shaped in season.
Living in Rhythm, Not Resistance
The Wheel of the Year, for me, is not about belief.
It’s about awareness.
It is permission to trust that:
Stillness has purpose.
Growth has timing.
Intensity has a season.
Release is natural.
Nature doesn’t hurry.
Yet everything is accomplished.
The more I return to that truth, the less I feel the need to push against my own cycles.
And the more honest the work becomes.
For those learning to move with the year,
instead of against it, this is where it begins.
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