can't wait 'til sunday!

DIVINE SPIRIT, for me, is an amazing community of friends and artists.  They are angels, mermaids, sweet souls, wise women.  There has been this outpouring of creativity between all of us, surrounding us, sustaining us and filling us; it goes so much farther beyond what any one of us could experience on our own.  We can barely contain it all among just the few of us and so we are compelled to share it will everyone; bring anyone and everyone into the community through art, meditation, creativity, and love;  and take us all beyond the limits we all put on ourselves.  I love my Divine Spirit collaborators with all my heart, and I am eager to spread the love and juiciness to all of you!

Peachy Pink Warm Fuzzies

So much love and support is surrounding me lately, I am bursting with joy and creativity.  At our Divine Spirit Circle Monday night I just felt FULL.  The air was full of light, rose essence and magic! The women in this Circle are so amazing...and I feel amazing to be part of it.  I'm feeling peachy pink and my hands smell like cinnamon...life is good!

The Hardest Thing

Heart Chakra Mandala

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it's hard 

to have compassion

i think it's actually 

the hardest thing

you have to let go 

of all your basic 

human emotions

    anger

    resentment

    desire

    fear

even a sense of 

what's fair

sometimes

you can't be 

reactionary

you can't think 

of yourself

or what you're not getting

it's the purest form of love

i don't know 

if i can be that pure

but i'm trying

Full Moon in Scorpio

Flipping through my date book, the days, weeks, months are just pages.  Today is this little rectangle.  If I write, I will rapidly fill it with thought, and it will not be enough to hold everything for today, about today, this moment, the moment before or after this moment.  A moment ago I was flipping through a smaller, tide chart calendar, and noticed that the whole year, all those powerful ebbs and flows, were contained in a tiny book that can fit in a surfer's pocket.  I was looking for moon-rise/moon-set.  The moon governs the tides, so I thought I would just quickly check on when I'd be able to see tomorrow's full moon.  This little book stopped me dead in my tracks.  Flipping quickly through the months, like they have no significance, and realizing that each of them have at least 30 days and a full moon all their own.  Does it take a full moon to make me realize the passing of time and how precious each moment really is?  Yes.  Thank goodness I get a reminder every month!  I'll never look at a full moon the same way ever again.

Tutus & Love

I'm a giver.  (So sue me...no wait, ya might not wanna, cuz I'm a lawyer too.)  Pardon the interruption.  I give a lot.  I'd probably give more, but I have an editor in the house:  my husband.  Sometimes he has saved me from grief...on a rare occasion.  But he really can't stop me from being me...poor dear.  Honestly, I need to be giving...it's who I am.  But my gifts must be meaningful.  And, I have to admit, they need to be appreciated.  Most of the time they are appreciated...I think I've learned where to devote my attention.  Is that selfish? Does it defeat the act of giving?  I don't really know.  But it won't stop me.  I'm unstoppable! Especially when I'm wearing a tutu!

Shine

Lately, I've been feeling like my age is showing.  That extra fluff...all over...my previously athletic body; those spots and wrinkles here and there; the grays.  But my age is also what has brought me to a greater sense of peace and joy in my life...it took time.  Time takes it's toll on you physically, but it also gives you the experience and wisdom to help you realize what's really important.  And I know that when I am thinking about what's important, I realize I am so fortunate.  I have love in my heart and confidence in who I am.  That's my light.  And when this light shines out, none of the physical signs of aging are noticed.  The light shines brightly and gets everyone's attention first.  This quote:  "Shine with all your light all the time" is from The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.  It is what I remember when I'm looking for my light.

The ENEAGRAM

Well, I don't know about you, but when several of the people I value in my life point me to something and tell me it has truth, I'm intrigued, and then I learn a little more, and then I point someone else in that direction...usually.  The Eneagram is a very interesting way to determine your personality, in all its wonderful flaws and potential.  It helps us look at and develop an awareness of what shapes us and our reactions to things, so that we might overcome some of the negative traits to our personality, tap into the positive, and evolve.  I believe that my time here on Earth is a journey of soul evolution.  I can't just stay the way I am...I need to find my highest self before I move on.  It's hard to do when you are bogged down in the mundane...but when you start to see amazing spirituality in the mundane, then you know that no experience is wasted.  So are you a 1 or a 2 or a...9? And what does it mean to be a 1 or a 2 or a 9?  Take a look if you're curious...this would be the book I recommend.  Here is a journal spread inspired by my own Eneagram.  My mom, one of the people mentioned in line one, says I put all the good stuff and none of the negative.  I told her, my journal is about empowerment, being positive...not a place to dwell on negativity.  We all have our flaws, but if that's all we examine or contemplate, how are we to move beyond it?!