Howard Thurman writes,
“There is a fallow time for the spirit when the soil is barren…. Face it! Then resolutely dig out dead roots, clear the ground, … work out new designs by dreaming daring dreams and great and creative planning. The time is not wasted. The time of fallowness is a time of rest and restoration, of filling up and replenishing. It is the moment when the meaning of all things can be searched out, tracked down, and made to yield the secret of living.”
Source: Deep Is the Hunger
I keep this quote in my January planner because sometimes this month feels flat and grey, rather than full of promise and potential. The reminder of fallow times allows me to enter a new year more slowly while not losing a sense of purpose.
How is January for you?