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I remember now.

June 18, 2012

“Creativity, and the meaning we bring to the celebration of life, is the way in which women naturally walk in radiance.” – Pixie Campbell

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I have lost count of the number of times I have sat down to write a blog post.  There are a dozen posts sitting in limbo – some half finished, some finished – waiting for me to have the heart to hit publish.

Nothing has felt right.

I have felt lost and uninspired; bored of myself and my declarations.

I’ve been to London with my tribe to see the sparkling Martha Beck.  I’ve been to Italy and filled up my beauty bank. I’ve been to London to visit the Queen.  I have a lot to tell you.

But it wasn’t enough to kick my butt back here – until today.

This morning I read these words of Pixie’s and they found the dark, hiding part of me that needed to hear them:

“Creativity, and the meaning we bring to the celebration of life, is the way in which women naturally walk in radiance.”- Pixie Campbell*

In my rush and my work and my stress and my anxiety and my need to write things that please you and my grown-up-stuckness, I have let slide the two things that are the most essential to who-I-am: creativity and celebration.  All this time I was looking for a way to shine a light, but first I had to remember where mine truly was.

I am a writer. I am a seeker. I can find magic anywhere. I want to tell you stories and tell your stories. I love to celebrate everything in every way. I can see to the heart and the possibilities in anything. I am still afraid of my own bigness. I want to consciously decide how to live each day.  I have a profound belief in the sacredness of all things. I want to shine a light.

That’s who I am and what my blog is going to be about.

I remember now.

xo

*This quote is used by permission and is from the Solstice Soulodge. Summer session starts on July 2nd!

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A Constant State of Prayer

January 3, 2012

“I feel like I am in a constant state of prayer.” – Danielle LaPorte

Campfire by Don Genge

I need to warn you that this post is going to be more traditionally spiritual than normal.  Although I have been working with the sacred for years now, I have kept away from talking about religion and God partly because some of the blogs that I have read that discuss their views on religion have put me way off reading them again, partly because it was really UNcool to talk about God when I was younger and that is a hard habit to break, and partly because I am still working on what I believe.

But paying attention has its benefits and lately the whispers to my soul have been focusing on prayer.  I, of course, have been largely ignoring them, but while poking through Google Reader today, I read Danielle’s latest post and her words felt like they had disco glitter on top and a hallelujah chorus behind them:

“I feel like I am in a constant state of prayer.”

Now that makes sense to me. That feels holy and real and right and just a little dangerous. That is a practice I can get behind. Prayer as a conversation; as constant as breathing and as close as gratitude.  Sacred as everyday.  By holding space for prayer, we take space away from fear.

And who wants to sit beside fear?

In Your Sacred Self Wayne Dyer writes: “Keep uppermost in your mind that there is a place within you where there is perfect peace and where nothing is impossible. If you give yourself the right to pray regularly, you will get to that place. Peace is yours for the asking.”

Beginning now –

deep breath.

gratitude.

yes.

xo

PHOTO CREDIT: Speaking of gratitude, this photo was taken by my Dad. He blogs too!

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Journey Inwards

September 12, 2011

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition… what you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda

 

path light and dark

Over and over, I have asked for guidance. “Where do I go?” “What is the next step?” “What is blocking me?”  Over and over, I have picked up books hoping that they would lead the way.  Going back through them, the bookmark is in exactly the same place each time:  it is holding my place on the page where it said, “Become still, be quiet and listen, or meditate.” I have always stopped there and not listened. But I kept asking the same questions.

The one time I tried to meditate, I sat still for twenty minutes three days in a row.  On the third day I stood up with a whole book in my head.  I wrote the book, but I didn’t meditate again.

For the past 5 weeks, I have been participating in Pixie Campbell’s Soulodge.  I have never – not once – completed an e-course before, but I have just about completed this one.  And do you know what she asked us to do?  Become still. Be quiet and listen. Journey inwards.  This time I pushed through my resistance and actually did as I was told.

And the answers to my questions were all there waiting for me.

Why are the easiest sounding steps the ones that are the hardest to take?

Sit still.  Be quiet and listen. Journey inwards. Meditate.

yes.

P.S. Pixie is hosting another Soulodge from the 31rst of October.  I highly recommend it.

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