The First Step Is The Most Challenging~

And The One That Brings New Life~

To Risk~

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self

To place our ideas our dreams before the crowd
Is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To try is to risk failure

But risk must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life
Is to risk nothing, do nothing, and be nothing

One may avoid suffering and sorrow
But one simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live
Chained by certitude, one is a slave
Has forfeited freedom

Only a person who risks is free

Anonymous

At times I sense the butterfly
Breathing, arising in me
Lifting, flying so high
Gloriously free

Then no apparent warning
Plunging
Plummeted
Earthbound
Caterpillar like, I plod
Grounded
Existence
My daily chore

Then ~ P p p ..pu..pul…pulsing

Wonderously, to begin again

Mystical fluttering ascent
Ancient evolutionary soul call
Beckoning me forth once more~

                                                                                            ~flow journalling

 Celebrating  the ‘ grounded…in…flightedness’  of  life ~ 

Forces will have been set in motion beyond the reckoning of the senses. Sequences of events from the corners of the world will draw gradually together, and miracles and coincidence will bring the inevitable to pass… Joseph Campbell

SOOTHING SOUND AND BEAUTY OF WATERFALLS

Astrologers call this eclipse, ‘Penumbral’: one more subtle in its effects. Whatever its nomenclature, its import if we choose, may hold electric magical energy for us. Eclipses are wake up calls from the Cosmos, to shift the direction of our lives. It has never been a more opportune time to co-create with the heavenly forces.

 Dare to risk. To take time to reflect, assess and to let go of all that does not serve you and who you are becoming.  Indulge yourself in:

OPEN  HEARTED PLEASURES  

Belly laughs

Heart talk

Fresh air laundry

Warm flannel sheets

Brewing morning coffee

Teddy bear hugs

Butterfly kisses

Early morning mists

Spilling over giggles

Baby snuggles

Wave watching

Loon calls

Star gazing

Soul sighs

Gentle

Love

on

and

on

Dare to be Self Loving, owning what is true for you.

Dare to set yourself free….

ready~~~~ 

   JUMP~

 Many blessings for an adventuresome landing~  Linda

Time To Make Time For The New~

If you have been feeling challenged, cranky, exhausted lately, and perhaps now feeling somewhat like my furry Angel friend here:

MODELLING EXTREME SELF CARE

 
….know that you are not alone. 

In many ways the universe is inviting us to open up and let go of those things that are no longer serve our best interests; not always does this seem our choice at the time. People and situations may no longer match who we are vibrationally, or that of whom we are soon becoming.

Astrologers tell us that eclipses are a natural ‘housecleaning’ phenomenon that  open a portal or space in the universe, so that we may ‘toss’ the old and by our willingness, positive belief and action, move into creating something brand new for ourselves.

For me, in the last few weeks, work hours disappeared, the power steering hoses in my car rusted out and needed to be replaced, my furry Angel Cat friend became unwell and a course I was anticipating needed to be cancelled, due to a personal crisis in the instructor’s life.

Throughout this challenging time, I was able to stay grounded and in the knowing that all would work itself out, in time.  I stayed connected to my favorite touchstone saying, offered to me by my colleague friend, Sonia:

‘I have no idea how all of this will work out. My job is to follow my spirit and God ( Source, the Universe, insert your own word here )  is looking after the HOW~~~’

Also during this time, creative new ideas and opportunities I was able to incorporate into my work opened up for me; several relationships deepened, wonderful family connections happened, supportive new  friends arrived and the miracle of ‘found money’ assisted me on my journey.

Transforming times like these remind me of one of my favourite pieces of prose, from my childhood: 

HALFWAY DOWN

Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn’t any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I’m not at the bottom,
I’m not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where I always
Stop.

Halfway up the stairs
Isn’t up,
And isn’t down.
It isn’t in the nursery,
It isn’t in the town.
And all sort of funny thoughts
Run round my head:
“It isn’t really
Anywhere!
It’s somewhere else
Instead!”

A.A Milne

Today offers a very real opening in the ethers, to pause in the ‘ SOMEWHERE ELSE INSTEAD’, to walk out of the fear and shift to one’s perception to a positive outlook. It is also a powerful time to write out a New Moon Wish list, noting those things you choose to create. The key to manifesting  is found in the intensity of feeling, the trueness of ones heart’s desire that sends the affirmation forward.

Whether through prayer, meditation, intention or dreaming this is a powerful time to send your new CREATIVE SOUL PRINT out to the universe, to be supported by all that is.

P.S. You may wish to check out your favourite astrologers for more info on where the Eclipse falls in your chart and this amazing opportunity to let go of old paradigms.

Cosmic Blessings to you all~
Linda