Co-Creation

             The other day I had a fantastic conversation with my grandbaby.  Well, all chats with her are fantastic.  Also, she’s not a baby anymore (just ask her).  She’s three.

             What we were discussing most recently though, was change.  I told her it was part of our growth, but that many of us struggle with it.

             It’s a challenging topic, not just for old Nanas and preschoolers.  This idea that nothing stays the same can be very unstable, and unsettling.

             Since my primary life lesson seems to be Release, I often have a hard time with the Letting Go portion of it all.  I’m constantly on the look-out for tools and strategies to help me get my brain in the proper place to understand, to feel at ease.

             I came across an inspirational concept which really rang true.  It talks about how WE are not a work of art, our life is.  The physical bodies we wear are like paintbrushes.  All of them are different, but each of them is important, in its own unique way.

             Our art, is our life.   And we create that masterpiece by using the tool we arrived here with.  It can be pointy or wide or heavy-handled or delicate, it can be any color found in nature, or it can be decorated by human hands.

             All paintbrushes have a finite amount of usefulness.  They change over time.  They do, eventually, wear out.  This does not change what it is they have created, though.

             The basic concept is that we don’t need to focus on the paintbrush, we should be paying attention to what we’re creating with it, not how the tool itself looks or what shape it is.  It does its job, the task of making our lives, our art.

             It does its job, as long as it is taken care of.  Without the tool, we can’t craft the creation.  But remember, the tool is NOT the art, it’s the tool.  The art is the art.  Our life, what we do with it and who we become, THAT is the masterpiece.

             This one really spoke to me.  I’m giving it to you, share it.  Go out into the world and make gorgeous, important art.  Use your paintbrush, clean it regularly, store it properly, and always remember, it’s the tool we have, so treat it well.  Even if it stops looking the way it once did.

 

 

 

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To Help and To Heal

             I fell asleep last night thinking of today’s post.  This message reminded me of a recent conversation with one of my co-workers.

             He’s a tremendously kind individual.  Highly sensitive, like me.  He went to see a movie the other evening.  It was an emotional encounter for him; it moved him, in a life-altering way.

             Basically the story spoke of how we never truly know someone else.  But, even with that as a foundation and Universal fact, we can still be there for others in a huge and meaningful way, we can act as support, as aid.

             In reality, we don’t need all of the specific details to see and feel …..

Compassion

             We are able to be there for loved ones/for strangers, in all conditions and under all circumstances.  We have the capacity, the means, the resources, the natural talent by just showing up.

             As long as we remember this, as we make it more of a habit to help, the easier it will be, the deeper our well to draw from.  And the more we help, the more healing we will all experience.

             As the most perfect validation, look where I was directed on our card altar.

“Support  ~

Offer your support to someone.

Experience the joy of serving others.”

Today’s Deck:

Self-Care Cards by Cheryl Richardson

Today’s Sharing:

is this view from my other new calendar.

             I love that the corresponding information is on each month’s image.  And of course, the artwork is some of my favorite.

Today’s Sounds:

here is what I am listening to, as I type and channel and feel and share and reach out.  From me, to you.

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Adjusting, with New Settings.

             Last night I stumbled (metaphorically speaking*), so let’s call it a “crises of faith” (for now).  Not sure how else to label it, but I felt the fall, and the crash landing.  It was uncomfortable.  And a type of physical impression similar to how I realized that Present Moment Consciousness was a tactical sensation.

*No, I did not incur ANOTHER injury.  My jammed toe is still purple, but it was good enough for pool class.

             Yesterday’s card message nearly crashed into me as I flipped over today’s.  It all dropped immediately and perfectly in to place.  I was greatly relieved, let me tell you.  (I had no idea that Zen Balance was such a precarious and fragile thing.)  The current sign from the Universe needs to be addressed before I say anything else.

“Release  ~

Have a good cry.

Grief is the doorway to your deepest self.”

             Now, don’t walk away from this one just because at first glance  you think “oh I’m not grieving and I don’t need to cry.”  There’s more here than those few words are letting on.

             We do ourselves such a disservice when we skim right past messages that don’t SCREAM our names upon initial browsing.  We ALL do this from time to time.  If we wait though, and apply a wee bit of patience, the point of the sign or omen will appear.  Is that easy?  Hell no.  Is is worth it for our soul growth?  Hell yes.

             In this case, I can’t say what EXACTLY will be your catalyst or bright-shiny-light-of-awakening moment (unless of course you hire me to), but I CAN say (with entire certainty) that it WILL show up*.  Mine did this afternoon, and it made an enormous difference.

*It seriously always does, for everyone.  No exceptions.

             Even though our daily draw mentions crying our grief away, it also says that a Release is in order.  This Letting Go will happen precisely as it needs to happen, which very well MIGHT be by having “a good cry” or it may not.  Either way, be open to allowing this to manifest.  And honouring the process.

A note I have written,
to me and to you.

             A few days ago I finished Apolo’s autobiography.  Yesterday I loaned it to my mother (my dad will read it too if it’s in the house) and when it comes back I’m going to hand it over to Dan.  That note, above, was a reminder that I jotted down while I was reading (because he mentioned it).  It’s not a new saying, but it is a good one.    So I’m sharing it.  (As well as carting the Post It around with me from room to room.)

             When we Release that which we no longer need, and fill the now-empty space we’ve just created with that which will serve us and all the planet more lovingly, we become our own positive example.  When we walk our path with honesty and for the highest good of us all we BECOME that change.

Today’s Deck:

Self-Care Cards by Cheryl Richardson