Stages
JANUARY 13, 2011
Robert Ferré
of [Labyrinth Enterprises](http://www.labyrinthenterprises.com/)
sparked an awareness in me
through a recent conversation
about a picture of my labyrinth...
I realized that this particular picture
was one of the many stages that my labyrinth,
like me,
has gone through,
is going through...
We both are ever changing...
Coming into form,
disolving,
disentegrating,
coming back together...
taking new form...
Almost a snap shot of my soul...
these stages...
this life, this place,
this moment of my heart...
**1997 to 1999**
Our Santa Rosa Labyrinth,
created out of rope,
predates my digital images...
**1999 to 2002**
of [Labyrinth Enterprises](http://www.labyrinthenterprises.com/)
sparked an awareness in me
through a recent conversation
about a picture of my labyrinth...
I realized that this particular picture
was one of the many stages that my labyrinth,
like me,
has gone through,
is going through...
We both are ever changing...
Coming into form,
disolving,
disentegrating,
coming back together...
taking new form...
Almost a snap shot of my soul...
these stages...
this life, this place,
this moment of my heart...
**1997 to 1999**
Our Santa Rosa Labyrinth,
created out of rope,
predates my digital images...
**1999 to 2002**
**2002 to 2008**
2008
2008 to 2009
2009
2010
2010/2011
and so...
this transformation continues...
this transformation continues...
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!