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Wednesday Wish: Be Gentle

04/14/2010

Mercy droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
Originally uploaded by katie_white..

What do you wish to be gentle with?

This is the question for the week over at Jamie Ridler’s blog for Wishcasting Wednesday.
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I’ve been pretty quiet these last few weeks, watching the dreams I had laid out for 2010 fade into the woodwork. There has been sadness and grief, despite knowing that I made the right decision to put off my trip to Squam in favor of attending to medical bills incurred by a procedure I had on Monday of this week. Which went well, by the way, and I’ll hopefully have useful results next week.

It’s time to forge new dreams for 2010, and to add the dream of being free of medical bills to the list. I just needed the procedure to be over with in order to begin again, and these last couple days have been the post-procedure big deep breath. I’m just breathing. That’s what I need to be gentle with — with myself for taking the time needed to regroup. For going inward and spending less time blogging and tweeting so that I can re-connect to what it is I want this spring and summer and fall to bring. It all needs to be seen with new eyes.

So many dreams fell away with Squam. Many to be picked up again, to be sure, but I was forging ahead on getting my business set up so that I would have all my ducks in a row by the fall Squam Art Fair. And now that I won’t be participating, I cannot look at my website and business plans without cringing. I’m seeking inspiration again, and receiving it gently, with Goddess School and also with tonight’s FREE preview call for SARK’s Dream Boogie program. I’ve included info below for anyone interested! It’s guaranteed to be a good time whether you decide to jump on the program or not!

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Wednesday Wish: Pay Attention

03/17/2010

Radiant Goddess Mosaic

Mosaic created from my digital vision board folder, sources varied, copyrights not owned by me! Notable: Top right is “Daniel” single cover by Bat for Lashes, bottom left is artist Laura Hollick.

What do you wish to pay attention to?

This is the question for the week over at Jamie Ridler’s blog for Wishcasting Wednesday.
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Today’s question at Wishcasting conjured up a visceral image of pure magic for me. Perhaps it is the coming of spring, or the Year of Self-Love slowly seeping into my previously sleeping Goddess girl-cells, but the dust that has been hiding my purpose seems to be coming off, bit by bit. Reminders of who I was at my fullest lead me back home inside my heart. I caught a glimpse today of the girl I was at 17, when I first read Marianne Williamson’s A Woman’s Worth, a book about reclaiming ourselves as the Queens and Princesses we really are. The words Marianne wrote sparkled on the page and danced in my imagination as I began my focus on the Divine Feminine. I began writing works meant to inspire women and girls to reclaim their holy and true Nature. It is amazingly simple to focus your entire soul to lofty purpose at 17 — it is one of the wonders of that age, where we can access wisdom before we’ve become convinced the world doesn’t deserve it. It flows freely from us in all that we do.

As these stories typically go, life got in my way, separating me from who I knew myself to be, not a complete severing, but pieces were lost. Even my more idealistic and philanthropic ambitions of just a few years ago — also geared toward women and children of the world — fell victim to a period of my life where I had overextended myself in the role of caretaker and my body began to tell me in no uncertain terms that the world and the hardships of the world’s female population do not belong solely on my shoulders. I had to turn inward and care about the first Goddess that matters: me. This is where I am in my journey.

So I am heartened by the messages I am slowly receiving, through finding pieces of poetry written some time ago, or coming to the conclusion that in order to wear clothing that truly adorns the Goddess I am, I may need to design and sew them myself! I’m grateful for the blessings of my women friends and find myself hoping to find women to circle with here where I live. I have flourished under the divine tutelage of Goddess Leonie and am looking forward to starting the aptly named Radiant Goddess Ecourse later this month in Goddess School. Lately I have been feeling that the seeds of my self-nourishment will one day reap a harvest again, beneficial to all women who come into my orbit.

So my wish is this, and I wish it for me and for you: That I may pay attention to the very real radiance within myself and in other women and girl-children all the days of my life. That I may recognize the radiance that exists now, even where it is hidden under dust and ash, and that the very recognition of that radiance fuels the flame. Thank you my Wishcasting sisters, thank you to the women who read this blog, and for the men out there who Own Pink and hold the space for women’s power: all your shining twinkling lights really make a difference. This piece of poetry I once wrote and recently re-discovered is for you:

daughters of the stars:
claim your rightful places
among the ageless
constellations
~SDT ©2006

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BodyWisdom: Let It Begin With Me

02/17/2010

photo credit: weheartit

“We teach best what we most need to learn.”
— Richard Bach (Illusions)

Where do you wish to make a difference?

This is the question for the week over at Jamie Ridler’s blog for Wishcasting Wednesday.
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As usual, I let the question search for its own answers within myself as I went about my day. And when I would stop to think, ‘Yes, where would I like to make a difference?’ a series of adages and lines from songs would tumble out on cue. ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me’ was one. Then there was Michael Jackson’s ‘Man in the Mirror’. Then Gandhi’s words followed: ‘We must be the change we wish to see in the world.’ I believe all these to be deeply, irrevocably true, and that is largely why my word for 2010 is Self-Love. It’s that sense I can only be of true service once I have attended to my own wounds, my own healing. It was no surprise to find that I wasn’t the only one with these thoughts, as Lexi of Ellecubed so eloquently expressed in her post today.

This weekend I bought a used copy of M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water at a video store closeout sale. I had seen it before, but not remembering details, just had that sense that I had liked the message that we all have a purpose. In the film, not everyone’s purpose is obvious. It’s hard to tell the story without giving too much away, but I’ll say that the Healer turns out to truly Heal (with a capital H!) when he speaks aloud his buried Truth. It wells up from a place of incredible pain and love, and the words spoken Heal him, and by extension, everyone around him, including the one who came to him for healing. I realized that when I speak from a place of great and sometimes painful Truth, it has a stronger resonance with people, like sounding a word that echoes back inside a deep canyon. I am healed for the telling; and I think others can be brought into that healing as well, if they are moved to be or willing to be.

So, in regards to this wish, I have some secret projects in the wings, projects for which I am the ultimate guinea pig and I have to live and test and prove these ideas and processes before I can share them with the world. But one day I hope I can help people to make friends with their bodies again, on many levels: in terms of healing issues with food, reclaiming our own empowerment in finding the best health care team, and other levels of care that we need to bring to our bodies, these bodies which carry all the wisdom we need to live healthy and fulfilled lives.

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Wishcasting Wednesday: Destinations

02/10/2010

Where do you wish to travel?

This is the question for the week over at Jamie Ridler’s blog for Wishcasting Wednesday.
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Oooh, what a yummy question. I’ve decided to share with you my Dream Destinations, even though my trip to Squam is foremost in my mind these days! Let’s go on a photo tour of exotic locales, shall we?

First, I have dreamed of going to India for a long, long time. And certainly I wouldn’t want to go to India without a visit to Agra and the Taj Mahal:

Taj Mahal – 4:50pm – 04dec07
Originally uploaded by betta design.

Next we’ll visit the town of Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama lives at the foot of the Himalayas, near the Nepalese border. Wave hello to Kali Ma!

Chamunda Temple near Dharamsala
Originally uploaded by Geetesh Bajaj.

Another place that has held my fascination for sometime, because of its fabulous mix of exotic cultures, where Arabic and French are both spoken, is in Northern Africa — Morocco. And yes, giggle if you like, this isn’t a photo of Morocco, but rather Morocco at Epcot. ;) Dreaming of ornate doorways and markets in Marrakesh..

Morrocco at Epcot
Originally uploaded by Chris Carr Photography.

Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) has been a big draw for me for many years, and I remember how excited I was when watching Lost that Rose and Bernard had been there in search of her healing! It’s one of the spirit places I hope I get to visit one day.

Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory
Originally uploaded by _Zinni_.

Domestically, there are so many fabulous places I have yet to see — I want to see all parts of New Mexico, from the Very Large Array near Socorro, to Roswell, to Santa Fe and Albuquerque. And no visit to New Mexico would be complete without visiting Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch.

Georgia O’Keefe country: behind Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Originally uploaded by JB photographer.