Earlier this summer after having dinner a friend's house, I looked at her husband and told him he was pregnant.  Not in the transgender, real-life man-mother way or the fictitious Arnold Schwartzenegger way, or even that joking ate-too-much way, but in that "there is something in you that is just waiting to be born," itching-to-see-the light-of-day-way.  In fact, in some Latin languages "to give birth" is literally translated as "to give light."

Besides being a bookend for the season, Labor Day is the beginning of harvest time, of reaping what you have sown earlier in the year. Whatever it is you are trying to manifest, you need to be sure it is a labor of love, then dedicate yourself to the work necessary for it to come to fruition. And if you haven't already started, don't be sitting around waiting for an immaculate conception.

These things only happen with commitment, focus, time, energy, and a bit of elbow grease. After the appropriate gestation period, persistence and deep breaths take you into the home stretch. No pain, no gain, as they say, and everywhere in Nature we see that the moment of birth requires that extra push to get on through to the other side.

As for my friend, he needed to start doing more creative writing which perhaps might yield a novel.  At the very least, it would activate a part of him that was simply not being used in his day job or role as a husband and dad.

A favorite quote of mine comes from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran: ".... [T]o love life through labor is to be intimate with life's most inmost secret.... WORK IS LOVE MADE VISIBLE ."

What kind of "work" you trying to give birth to? A special project, healthy lifestyle, your own business, solid relationships, bustling career, creative endeavors, expanding your family, or simply a new and improved version of yourself? No matter what you desire to bring into being, (yes, even an actual baby), give me a buzz so I can be a metaphorical midwife that helps welcome your bundle of joy into the world as easily and effortlessly as possible...