exhale.....

I did not know what to title this post

so I started it as I physically did...

with an exhale.

an exhale of release and contentment

an exhale indicating

that work has been happening

within

and without

The image above represents how I have been feeling

these days

some-what naked, raw and vulnerable

and yet

all with in the comfort of

Love, Familiarity, and Beauty.

This month in SouLodge

we have been journeying with Owl...

whom I hold dear

because of this story

For me Owl is a reflection of my Self

She has vision in the dark.

She consumes only what she needs,

from the rodents and night crawlers

she feasts on,

and expels what she does not.

She is a Shadow Stalker

a Keeper of the Night

Silent in her Wisdom

(still working on this one)

Knowing the importance of Going Within

to those dark places of our psyche

to set ourselves free...

So this months Soul-Work has been revealing

and hard.

Facing those thing with in myself

that are not so pretty~

the rodents of my soul...

so to speak.

Not facing them in with shame

but facing them in love and acceptance

realizing what they have to teach me

and also challenging me to let go

of the addictions

the obsessions

the distractions

that keep me from my soul purpose.

Moving me towards the freedom to express

my soul truth

my heart words

my Self.

I have watched myself consume my fears

and spit out the pellets

of what I no longer wish to carry

Bringing up those "pellets" stung 

as they scrapped up my throat...

they even cause sadness.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." ~Anatole France

And at the same time

they gave Freedom and Hope.

My wings have hardened my lovelies

and I am ready to fly

I know this only happens

by going deep

there is no other way

but to trust in Spirit fully

and go where one is called...

not forced

but called gently

by the exhale

of

The One

*

I am also remembering...

when this lovely family stopped by 

on their way home to New Zealand, 

from China, last year.

What a special time it was...

ironically

our visit ended with this

I can still here Mark (and the kids)

laughing in the back

when the owl pooped lol

good times...

*

one last thing today

my lovelies

We had our Seeds of Love and Hope 6th annual

Fundraising Banquet last Friday

and we raised

(drum roll please)

over $100,000.00 for our centre

on Nativity Hill

in Medellin, Colombia.

AWESOME!

I plan to be going again in March

this time with my 18 year old niece : )

another grand adventure I am sure.

*

Well that is where things are at

my lovelies.

This Life is a Beautiful Mystery

Today

as with everyday

 I am grateful

for all that it offers me.

Love and Light

ps Happy Thanksgiving to all my American Lovelies

A Soul-Full Journey...Days 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Day 23

Day 24

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Re-Entry

*seeing you had dropped by

while I was gone

warmed my heart

thank you*

What have you been up to my lovelies?

Love and Light

Today...

Some times

you just need a best friend

a hot drink

and an adventurous 3 year old...

filled with curious and wonder.

Sometimes you just need

 a morning walk by the ocean

in a magical land where people reside on the water

living and co-habitating by their own laws.

A land where the heron chills...

where there are benches to sit on

where the eagles make out...

(get a nest!)

where homes come cheap

and the meat ball soup is in abundance

AND very nutritious and delicious.

Sometimes you just need 

to be in a land where bikes hang on loft sides

and boots are used as mailboxes.

A place

where the hawk stands guard

or sits...

whatever it is...

he chooses to do....

guarding...

whatever it is he is guarding.

All this

and then

 to return 

to the peace and tranquility

of a home filled with love and light

and magic stones

and mystical crystals

and naked children laughing in the warm waters

of Hawaii

A home that has

little hands playing with lego

while big hands put things away.

And where the fires burn warm and hot

well hotter than warmer...

actually very hot

fire hot

as indeed 

it is a fire.

Yes my lovelies

sometimes you just need a day like today

when you can walk and talk with someone who knows you 

who sees you

who gets you 

and you her.

When you are reminded that we are all going through things

learning the lessons of life and death

rejecting the status quo for something deeper

and more meaningful.

A day when you are reminded

that life is beautiful

and the earth is speaking

and God is watching

and Love is abundant.

A day where the goofy and the joyful

can dance in the face of adversity and uncertainty

Where money is rocks

and food is sticks

Where peeing and having your aunty take a picture

of you doing so 

is the most wonderful thing in the world

so much so you want to do it again on your door step but this does not go over too well with mommy and aunty.

A day where dogs do weird things

and people do even weirder things.

Where truck trailers have powers

and cookie crumbs get into belly buttons.

Yes my lovelies

today

is a day

we all should have...

everyday.

What are you doing today?

Love and Light