Here we sit under the light of the final full moon of the year 2020… Full Moons traditionally signify a wrap up. A rounding out of current conditions and energies before waning to darkness to begin again. A new beginning. Not linear, cyclical. If this year has taught us nothing else we must acknowledge the […]
The Solstice; shortest or longest day of the year literally means to stand still….this is due to the way the sun seems to pause in stillness before reversing its direction. All part of the great wheel of life, of the seasons, of natural cosmic forces. In a year where nothing and everything have seemed to
As this year of all years winds down and blessedly out…we can take time in the lengthening quiet of the night to reflect. On how we have grown or remained stuck in the quicksand of our own minds. When the circumstances of life present challenges and change it is always an opportunity to grow.
We are in the darkness now. Literally and figuratively, the dark days, and the death toll of the pandemic are suffocating. It is the darkest time of the year, where the days get shorter and shorter leading up to the Solstice on Dec. 21. The longest and darkest of days. But this year, in a
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We all value honesty. It is a universal higher ideal, we encourage our children to be honest, we shame or even punish lies. Does anyone enjoy being lied to? Nope. Not much. What about being honest with ourselves? Therein lies the slippery slope. Why is it so much easier to lie to ourselves? Probably because
How do you show up? For yourself for others…in this life we have to show up a lot. Show up for school, for family, for work, for parties, appointments, the list goes on and on. Sometimes we simply don’t want to show up. It feels like too much. Especially when disaster or trauma is in
And just like that we are circling once again over our lives in a holding pattern. One week after the energy shifted post election the word on the street is all about the Pandemic. Beyond the news coverage many of us are experiencing first hand the far reach of this virus. We know personally of
Can you feel it? It’s palatable; the shift in the collective energy, even with the pandemic swirling all around us and much work ahead, something has lifted. It feels as though a heavy weight of uncertainty and tension has risen off our shoulders. To say this has been a difficult year is beyond an understatement.
Writing on the heels of a tragic moment in our story. On so many levels. On Memorial Day 2020 a black man named George Floyd was murdered in our city, by a policeman and the system who birthed him. Following this horrific death came violence to our city streets causing more death, more
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Writing this on a day of remembering, of honor towards those who have left this earth. A Memorial Day like no other I have ever experienced. Forced to isolate during our grief. Unable to connect with our pain. This is hard. Not only are we remembering all who have gone before us but collectively
