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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Open Our Hands

              It can be frustrating when our forward momentum is slowed.  We’re all ready to GO!  But nothing is happening.  And we don’t even know why.

             This morning the images that were presented to me were mostly all accompanied by a struggling, trapped feeling.  (Never fun.)  With this message:

release to receive.

             Remember our affirmation of, relax, release, receive?   Well, it’s like that.  We all know that the tighter we hang on, the less progress we’ll make.  And yet, letting go is one of our most consistent and challenging lessons.

             No more thrashing about, that’s what the Universe wants us to know.  And to keep us on the right path, while staying in a positive mood, I was directed to stick with yesterday’s cards, just flip one more.  Our draw couldn’t BE more validating.

“Angel of Support  ~

‘The Universe has heard your silent cry for help.’

The Universe has heard your silent cry for help and has sent an angel to support and guide you through the current circumstances.  Your financial and emotional wellbeing is about to take a turn for the better through an unexpected blessing or sudden change in fortune that is soon to come your way.

Surrender all fear and anxiety to (Mr and Mrs) God and trust!

The Universe is conspiring to help you.  Emotional, spiritual, and material support come through a seemingly chance encounter with someone new, or through an unexpected offer.  

Stop worrying!”

Today’s Deck:

Angels, Gods, and Goddesses Oracle Cards by Toni Carmine Salerno

Today’s Sharing:

is this double view of my arm.  And a brass figurine.

Side by side.

             My fabulous friend Patty, from the pool, gave me this beautiful representation last year.  We’ve known each other for probably close to a decade by now, and no doubt in some lifetime(s) before this one.

Lightened up so you can see her details.

             The ink was done almost four years ago, on my arm dedicated to Earth.  (If you don’t know what that means, I have an appendage with artwork devoted to four of the five sacred directions/elements, the stories start HERE.)

             She, the icon, is a Minoan Snake Goddess.  As is the tattoo.  Only, mine has some individual, and asymmetric personalizations.