Seedlings

Even though this spring has been extra cool, the plants have not seemed to be deterred.  Yes, they are slower to come fully to life, but their new beginnings are firmly in place.  I feel like my own projects in life are following the same course.  They are slowly coming into being, and there are clear signs of new life in formation. This is exciting and gratifying.  I feel encouraged that these new starts have fertile ground in which to grow and develop. Their internal blueprints are solid, and these projects will build and expand with the energy of this season.  I will continue to nurture and care for the growth of these new seedlings of my creative life.  I am filled with joy at the prospect!

"Never underestimate the importance of the beginning.  Of anything.  The beginning has the seeds of everything else to come."

                                              --Carolyn Coman         

Home

"Home is where the heart is."  Feels like that's even more good reason for me to know my heart well.  Allowing my heart to be home is grounding, stabilizing, comforting; my shelter; my rock.  If we don't know our hearts well, then home is subject to the whims of our external world.  This world around us at present is a world of upheaval, wild releasing, and rapid change.  This means it is necessary for us to know ourselves well, and to take action based on our true heart's energy.  Doing this will allow us to maintain our solid footing, and to create a home in this shifting outer world.  Our hearts must be our anchor.  It is powerfully essential that we cultivate our personal sense of home as we whirl through space and time, and through this current transformation process. 

"Listen to the Wind--it talks 

Listen to the Silence--it speaks

Listen to your Heart--it knows the way"

                  --Native American wisdom

"Your heart knows the way.

Run in that direction."

                  --Rumi   

Love

Love is on the move.  Love is moving into place to be the engine that will run our world.  So much is up in the air right now and things feel wild; out of control.  There is wild energy swirling around us, but that is because there is resistance to the movement of love that is permeating our world.  In our present experience it may be challenging to even detect this rise of love that is happening.  Not to worry.  The heaviness you may feel is fleeting.  It is on its way out.  The good news is that nothing is stronger than the love of Source.  Take heart and stay strong.  The best is on its way.

"Love is an annihilating force, like death.  Love is not weak, it is surrendered and strong.  It can bear and face anything."

                              --Gangaji 

"Take heart dear traveler.  Light will meet you in wild places."

                              --Morgan Harper Nichols                                                

Endings and Beginnings

The chronological year is coming to a close.  This invites a time of reflection and review.  Endings are sometimes bittersweet since they can also be times of letting go.  We can be tempted to cling to "what was" because we don't know what is yet to come, or because we aren't comfortable with letting go.  Even in the face of this transition we are encouraged to stay open to the germination of something new.  This can be a time of quiet unknowing and small beginnings. At some point we may be asked to stop listening to other people and to just live our own true lives--the lives that we came here to live--the expression of our true selves.  Wrap yourself in love as you look toward the unfurling of new life that is on its way.

"When one door closes another door opens, but we often look so regretfully upon the closing door that we do not see the ones which open for us."

                                    --Alexander Graham Bell

"Do you not see how everything that happens keeps on being a beginning?"

                                   --Rainer Maria Rilke    

Freedom

Freedom comes in many forms.  Regarding individual freedom, there are as many versions of this as there are people in the world.  We are each responsible for understanding what is the best version of freedom for our unique selves.  I feel like my life has been full of events and activities that have helped me to define what my own freedom looks like.  First I had to do a lot of things that were not me, so that I could move on to the things that truly are me.  With each true encounter I experienced strength, joy, and a reclaiming of power.  Now I am stepping into new situations daily that are encouraging me to be my true self, no matter how unfamiliar this may all feel. I will continue to step forward with the confidence of knowing that I am free to allow and to experience a safe and full emergence of my true self. 

"You no longer need to hide your Universal power.  Nor do you need to pretend you are someone you are not--or that fear is your dominant life direction.  You are free." 

                                          --Brenda Hoffman  

Choices

There is such high energy right now.  Opposites are clashing, and there is a generalized wild energy swirling.  These days are meant to be lived through.  We are here to help each other, and to move humanity and the world forward to a more loving place.  This large purpose would not be anyone's guess if you listened only to the chaos that surrounds us.  I am hearing many lovely stories about people being their best selves and acting in courageous ways to assist others in the midst of many crises of the present time.  These examples of brave human responses are where I am choosing to focus my attention.  These sorts of caring acts are where I want to invest my best efforts.  There is always an invitation to join in with the crowd that is expressing fear or anger.  These old energies are surfacing in order to release and to transform.  I am refusing the invitation to participate in these old, destructive ways.  I am choosing to join in with the construction of a more vigorous, balanced, and whole world with a strong foundation of love.

"Life presents many choices.  The choices we make determine our future."

                              --Catherine Pulsifer

Exploring

I feel like I am beginning a new phase of my creative life.  Old ways have not been fruitful, and it no longer fits for me to till that barren land.  So I have begun to take small steps toward a new creative life.  This path not only includes my artistic outlets, but it also embraces my whole life and my process of becoming a new creation.  Much of this is Unknown to me, and I am using my walking stick to navigate this new trail.  It is more about Being in these moments and days and less about doing.  So instead of farming my old garden to death, I am now lightly stepping into new, unexplored territory.  This is an expedition of sorts. I feel certain that fertile ground is waiting for me as I travel on this well guided journey. 

"We were born to be free, to expand our horizons by going where we have never gone before, and not to hang out in the relative comfort and safety of the nest, the known.  There is a place within us that is courageous beyond our human understanding, it yearns to explore beyond the boundaries of our daily life."

                                         --Dennis Merritt Jones