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Cycles ebb flow inhale exhale expand contract Night gives way to early morning, birdsong and daylight. The sun rises high in the sky building to a crescendo of life and activity. Then it slowly relaxes sinking to the horizon we move inside close doors moving back into night New moon gives way to a sliver of light, growing steadily to a full round orb, then slowly releases -- back to the sliver then gone, new moon once again. Winter, the world rests. Slowly, the days lengthen. Early spring flowers harken the change. Bright shiny green unfurls in the world. Energy builds. Spring gives way to the deep greens of summer, hot lazy days, the peak of ripeness. Summer fades, leaves turn to shades of yellow, brown, orange, red soon blowing away leaving the stark nakedness of winter. We draw in, hibernate, wait... ebb flow inhale exhale expand contract