Listen To Me Girl! It's When the Earth Shakes

This was the first selection for today.

"Queens cower before no man."

I confess, I do NOT like the vibe coming from some men these days.

What kind of example is being exhibited?

Where is equality and respect?

We must provide it for ourselves, I'm thinking.

And then I encountered this:

With tears threatening and chills racing...

this "shakes me to the core and

awakens all my hidden ghosts."

My "light is being summoned."

My "integrity is being tested."

May I/we RISE from the 

"strength in our hearts";

and RISE with the 

"strength in each other."

This is the time to 

"bring forth our light."

It means stepping into the dark,

trusting in the light that lives there

beneath the shadow, 

ever present,

always glowing, 

ready to guide us forward.

We will not go back.

Namaste'

 

After Samhain

 Oh, for the grace to not be rushed.

To move through our days without hurry,

unbothered by time, soaking in each moment,

remembering it is irretrievable except as a memory...

Will it be vague, forgotten, altered, or etched into our bones?

The idea of being offered "the thick black folds of her cloak

where you can lose everything you can't keep

and no longer need...

by this god herself?

Nice.

Namaste'

For Her Every Day

Though, I have not been tried to the extent

others have been tried.

The women in Gaza, Ukraine,

women under Taliban rule, people of color,

Native Americans; not to mention 

the countless personal tragedies affecting

others every single day.

I witness those suffering who still "believe life

can be something beautiful"...

and I am humbled and inspired by them.

"I owe it to them to make something

good and kind of myself."

Namaste'

And that's not mentioning those who 

suffer from countless tragedies...

I owe it to them to make something

 good and kind of myself.

.

 

Go To The Oak Tree

"Let's enter back into the complex, tangled work

of letting go...and letting ourselves be told."

I love, love, love this.

Especially when I'm feeling frustrated because

I'm unclear in my purpose; 

wandering without focus...

I can trust in the silent guidance from deep within and around  me...

softening into that trust and taking things

as they come, especially when they're not 

what I am anticipating or prepared for.

It's simple but not easy in a world that worships certainty.

We are part of a vast magnificence.

Namaste'

 

When One Door Closes

"there is always a window,

waiting with quiet light

and the promise of a new path."

The thought of "quiet light" gives

me a deep sense of consolation.

I want to keep this image close in my mind,

to reach for it when things feel unnerving.

I repeat to myself: "quiet light" over and over and over.

We are in this together...Our day will come...soon.

Let it be so.

Namaste'

 

Your Worst Fears Will Happen

I get a pit in my stomach every time I read those first few lines.

So much so, I want to run and hide and NOT share it.

Yet, the following phrases carry such a promise

of resilient transformation, that I forge ahead.

Some people have experienced their worst fears

close in through intimate, personal loss.

I bow my head and heart to you.

Losing the election isn't the same as losing a cherished person.

There's no comparison, I know and comparing isn't useful.

"You not only live, you're remade,

jusr as rivers are remade by rain..."

I find such hope and comfort in these words...

and these:

"you will not only sing the new song...

equal parts haunting and beautiful--

you will be the new song

and the silence that holds it."

I am changing the you to we...

We will not only sing the new song...

Namaste'

 

If Only

Personally, I'd take love in the form of air...

we'd be breathing it in and out without thinking about it.

We'd simply be doing it...constantly...

we couldn't live without it.

It would be the simplest,

most automatic, life giving energy.

When it stopped,

we'd stop. 

Wouldn't that be something?

If only.

Namaste'