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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Official Caring Day

             Happy Oregon Statehood Day!  Hope everyone had a delightful (and stress-free) February 14th.  We battled a clogged sink drain, showed up early for appointments, connected with our kids, and went to work.  But still, we raised a metaphorical glass in honour of the occasion.

             Before I left the waterbed though, I was shown several views that need sharing.  All of them distinct and specific.  All with the same exact message:

try again.

             For example, the most obvious was a door.  It was solid.  And it was painted white, but with wear-marks from where it met with the frame over many many many years.  Bare wood showing through after so much time.

             The scene was intensely focused, allowing me to only see the bottom third.  Close the door.  This bit won’t go.

             Close the door, the lower portion refuses to shut cleanly.   Slam the door, it bounces back.  Shove the bottom of the door, it simply does not seal.

             Message?  Where we think that there is no more hope, that this avenue is closed off to us, it’s not.  Try Again.

             Open the door, give this another chance.  And when “it” is truly finished, gently pull the door shut behind, as we walk out and away.

             The act of completion will ease the door quietly and firmly in place.  When we stop fighting, we are gifted with the peace and knowing that we’ve released the struggle.

             On our card altar today we start with a line that I’ve changed.  The entire guidebook definition needed work.  It’s better now.

“Beloved One  ~

Archangel Chamuel:

‘I am helping you with your spiritual relationships.’

Additional Message:

‘Love is all around you right now.  You don’t need to search for it.  Rather, by holding loving thoughts and conducting loving actions, you attract and manifest love in all aspects of your life.

Call upon me to guide  your thoughts and actions, to bring more love into your life.   Converse with me regularly about love in your life.  I can help you fall in love with your life, and heal and manifest wonderful relationships.’

Working with Archangel Chamuel:

Chamuel’s aura is pale green, like a springtime leaf in the morning sunlight.  You can feel close to Chamuel’s loving energy by wearing or carrying a green fluorite crystal.”

Today’s Deck:

Archangel Oracle Cards by Doreen Virtue

Today’s Sharing:

is merely to remark on how I continue to enjoy my guided meditation CD collection from Denise Linn.