We Are Not Alone

Sometimes, in order to reveal beauty a little discarding, cleaning and polishing up is necessary.

It is very tempting to skip this step but oh so much more time efficient to clean, discard all the stuff that’s not being used and look to see what is left. This is the way that I have approached my internal work at times.

I was speaking to my mentor, Wednesday (full moon eclipse), and the work we did together is still ringing inside of me.
How many times do I need to be reminded to come from joy, to do my work knowing that I am held and loved? I am reminded to relax and feel into what is.
When there are parts, created or inherited, that are obstacles to feeling joy and held and loved, I have different techniques and helpers. This can be tricky because when I am not feeling joy and held and loved it takes the remembrance that this is what I want and the willingness to sit quietly until my path is clear.
This lesson is a component in my life’s work and I am still learning every day about the importance of joy, and being held and loved.

I am going to tell you a secret. Sometimes when I have hard things to do, I imagine climbing on the back of a soft and clean Buffalo. She smells amazing! I hold onto her, bury my face in her fur, and she carries me through whatever it is. No one messes with her and she carries me until I am ready to slip off and walk beside her. I am trusting you/us with this private part of my inner landscape to help us all remember that we are not alone.

My first daughter and me right after she was born

photo credit Elmore Hauch