Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)It's Candlemas today, the Festival of Lights (tho' it turns out the actual St Lucia Festival of Lights is on December 13 - did not remember that), the day when the Northern Hemisphere officially celebrates the returning light that heralds the coming Spring.As a “well, if you must put me on a specific spiritual Path, then call me a Pagan” with S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder), I choose to celebrate the light of Candlemas as a pagan hollyday rather than the more P.C. Imbolc (although I'm fond of milk too, so I suppose it's really a toss-up, tho' at least at the mo', I'm strictly a cow-juice kinda gal. :-D)Either way, it's a day to take a moment to reflect and think about the season and the year to come.And since it's another of Mike's Early Mornings, that suits us just fine.As it is also Bridget's Day, Guide to crafters & artists, sometime daughter of an Irish blacksmith, I reproduce here a message that she gave to me to give to a spiritual group that I work with in Brooklyn, New York. (She grants me the more modern spelling/pronunciation so that I don't have to mangle the original Gaelic, for which I am profoundly grateful. [And, I gather, so is she.])Bridget's Message – Imbolc 2010
Well, beloveds, it's been another Year. The prospect of Spring is in the air, but like so much else, not yet realized. This will be a short message, as it is but part of your ceremony today. If you would like to hear more, you are more than welcome to speak to me, either directly or through my channel, Birdy.
This coming year is about realizing your Dreams. You are all on Journeys to do just that. It's about taking the necessary steps to achieve the life you desire, even when it seems hard or scary. It's about realizing that you have more help than you could possibly imagine, and all the seeds you need to plant are right inside you (and have been all along).
When the going gets tough, the truly tough call on their Team – human & other. Remember that, and that one of the few real sins in this world is to think that you are all alone. You're never alone unless you truly choose to be, and even then, companionship & aid are never more than a thought away.
So go out & create the wonder-filled future that is yours to have! And may the coming Spring be filled with the sprouting seeds of your truest hearts' desires.
Blessed be, beloveds! :-)
-Bridget
So, your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D) is...
Regardless of location, is the Light returning to your Life?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)We were bushed. Exhausted. And not previously planning to do a whole mess of errands. But our housie was sick, and needing stuff done, which is part of the arrangement of staying here, so there we were.So we Asked that everything that we needed to find be in this one shopping center instead of scattered over three or four stops in different parts of town.And so, blissfully, it was. Things that we weren't sure would be there were, and the one item that wasn't, had an acceptable substitute.So off we went to home & bed, tired, but triumphant, and very, very grateful.So, your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D) is...Are you putting the principle of Asking into your life? If not, why not?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)Another Gift found while walking the dog, this time found at the other end of our standard walk. Another Gift of wood, this time in the shape of Laguz, the Tiller.Helpful because I've been feeling even more scattered & disconnected than usual of late.Laguz has joined Fehu in the window, reminding me to stay on course and all will be well.So, your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D) is...Do you have objects or rituals that remind you to stay on course?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)Another day where I will put a post if I can think of something to say, otherwise, not.Perhaps – Free Day! Setting your mind free to wander as it will, and the benefits that can be gained from that.The original thought was to shift the original post for Tuesday, January 26, 2010 here: The WHOLE of it v. the HOLE of it. Which is still a good idea, I just need to find the original blog post that got me thinking of the topic.
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)We've been making progress lately, small tho' it sometimes seems to be. We've been figuring stuff out, thinking a lot, and putting the bits & pieces together into a (hopefully) coherent whole.One very kyool piece was provided on our daily walk with our Basset Hound, Bailey. Beside the sidewalk today we noticed a clump of sticks, among them a stick in the shape of Fehu, the Abundance Rune.Making a mental note to pick it up on the way home, we said our “Thank you!”s and moved on. On the way home, we did indeed pick it up, and it now sits in the window beyond the computer screen to remind us of why we are doing all this: Abundance. For ourselves & for others.So, your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D) is...
Where are you bringing Abundance into your life?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)Let's be honest, here. This Tuesday was not my perkiest day ever.In fact, I was downright depressed.Despite the wonderful moves forward, we still seemed very far away from where we need to be re: getting our biz up, running, & producing enough income to protect us from homelessness, while the countdown to said potential-homelessness ticked relentlessly onward.Besides, it was one of Mike's Early Mornings, which didn't exactly help, or did, depending on how you look at it.So, anyway, I'd finally gotten back to sleep, and a restful sleep too, when I was given a Gift which helped to put it all in perspective.I had a dream, and in this dream I was a guest in a fellow musician's kitchen. It was narrow, but homey, light yellow for the walls of the surrounding rooms, and medium-brown woods for the cupboards. It was open, because it was so small. Basically counterspace with a sink in and cabinets above that separated that part of the room from the rest of the living/dining area.Looking out into the living room, I saw a radio to my left on the counter, which was playing the human Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslas”. A gorgeous recording, a male duet or trio, maybe even as many as a quartet, singing essentially a capella.As I listened, the story of the king and his page and their Journey of faith reminded me that, in the end, it really is all about faith, and the personal choice of whether or not to have that faith.When I awoke, I was much quieter in heart & mind, my faith, at least for now, restored.So, your Question for the Day, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D) is...Have you had an experience lately that has renewed your faith?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
Greetings fellow Travellers! :-)Last week's challenge for the Thursday Sweet Treat was “Art Breaks Forth”, which I kept remembering as “Art Bursts Forth” (You can find the gorgeous results of the challenge here.).This piece in particular brought to mind the concept that ideally, we should be bursting forth in a lot of ways & places – our art, our gifts, our selves, etc., etc., etc..So, my Question of the Day for you today, should you choose to answer it (and I hope you will! :-D), is both Question & Challenge...
Are you bursting forth? If not, why not?Bright Blessings & Good Fortune! :-)-Birdy! :>P.S. - Please share your comments, answers, questions, and stories in the comments section below, or by e-mailling us at phoenyxravenswing at gmail dot com -B! :>
