I am in a transition. From old to new. From seed to flower. I'm not even sure what are all the pieces of this transition process. Changes are happening. I am migrating from one place to another, metaphorically. It 's a mystical time. And I know that I am upheld by the positive forces of the Universe. Personally I feel like I'm in a fog sometimes. There's a lot that I don't know. So I am being held in the love and compassionate regard of All That Is. I trust that this is so as I braille my way through this time. Recently I found this blessing that assisted in calming my transition energy.
"May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities, and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered, and protected.
May your soul calm, console, and renew you."
--Celtic blessing
Spring. Even the name of it is coiled with potent energy. I am enjoying what feels like an early spring. So many plants have put on blooms, and green leaves are unfurling. Seeds are sprouting with new life. Long-held wishes for a full and meaningful life are sitting in pods about to break into green growth. I wait and watch in joy and anticipation. What adventures am I preparing for? What fun is there to be had? I feel quietly grateful for this springtime of potential.
"East Wind, all that you are--
Help us to find the dreams and tasks that are ours for the coming year.
And to balance ourselves carefully between focus and flexibility.
Show us how to move your unbridled creative energy through our hearts and bodies.
Keep us steeped in our wildness for at least this one season
So that our dreams are not domesticated or restrained."
--Susan Chernak McElroy
Living in mystery is living a life of unpredictability. Moving in the Unknown is allowing your wild self to live and to express itself. I am now becoming more proficient at living in mystery. It takes practice. And commitment. And the willingness to take a good, hard look at what really matters in our lives as the sun rises and sets each day. Each person is granted the freedom to live in the Mystery and to solve the mystery of what's important for themselves. It's all about choice. Those who choose this way of living are supported with the Love and Strength to live each day with courage and joy and authenticity.
"Do what you need to do in the present moment. Yours is not to worry about that which we call the future.... Do not lose power over the what-ifs of your life. These are unlimited and endless. Keep your power in the now, in present time. Keep your power just in the day that you are living on the Earth, and not on how to maneuver tomorrow."
--Gary Zukav
A New Year--a new commitment to being my true self. Life is unpredictable, yet always changing. We can only look inward to determine the most suitable path for ourselves in each moment and each step of every day that we are here on earth. True self calls, and I feel unable to ignore the call. I am moving each day closer to my true life. That life resides in the process of co-creating with Source and receiving the assistance of divine energy. It doesn't look picture perfect--it just is what it is, and it unfolds in its own organic way. A blessing.
"Authentic empowerment is necessary to accomplish fully the mission of the soul, yet as you move into authentic empowerment, you move toward the fulfillment of your soul's agreement with the Universe, and as you move toward that fulfillment--as you move consciously toward the energy of your soul--you empower yourself. You and the work of your soul upon the Earth expand together. As one grows and develops, so does the other."
--Gary Zukav
I am in the midst of creating something new and different in my life. I am opening to the energies around me, and listening for clues in the process of this creation. I have been having some experiences of creating in the moment when I'm able to be present. I am also learning to trust that resources will be made available to me, and that guidance will come to me for connecting with those resources. This is a tremendous time of living with energy shifts, opening to potential changes, and placing myself in the hands of Divine Compassion. I am moving into my life in small and subtle ways that feel large and transformational. Riding the waves...
"Do not worry or speculate about the future. As much as you can possibly connect with your higher self in the present moment, this is your future. Connection with your higher self--being in the moment--being who you are--creates the future for you. We are constantly creating our future in the NOW." --Sue Whitacre, July, 2009
Sometimes the only right thing to do is to let go of any semblance of a plan. This is the place that I find myself in. I am opening and listening and following. I am hearing guidance that feels very unfamiliar but that also feels right. This guidance holds the qualities of expansion, the unknown, and amazement. It leads me toward next steps for my life and for my soul's work. I am letting go of all that has distracted me from this forward movement. I am focusing on service and I am in the hands of Wisdom.
"Let go of what you think is just reward. Let go. Trust. Create. Be who you are. Take your hands off the steering wheel. The final piece of reaching for authentic power is releasing your own to a higher form of wisdom."
--Gary Zukav
Life moves us in the right direction if we are willing to listen for clues that come our way. We steer a course that is fairly unsatisfying when we make random choices based on cultural expectations. I often pay attention to what activities give me energy and to what activities drain my energy in order to understand more about what are best directions in which to move. I know that making a difference in other peoples' lives is important and fulfilling to me. I also know that my choices in the past for culturally prescribed ways to do this have not born fruit. I'm not able to predict what pursuits will bring these experiences into my life. So I have to allow myself to open my mind outside the box, and trust that I will be shown the best path toward fulfillment in my life. Letting the process unfold is my current daily devotion.
"We must undergo an initiation process that does require letting go of the familiar and comfortable. Through ordeals and ecstasies, we come to know what we were born to do, what gift we were meant to bring to the world, and what vision is ours to embody."
--Bill Plotkin
