Traveling the World Through Others
The act of grounding your energies and staying in vibrational alignment is an important function. Grounding can happen in a number of ways. Generally, I practice one or more of these methods weekly, but during these trying times, I find that I must up my vibrational game, so I ask myself (as well as some…
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The mentor on the Hero’s journey is the driving force for the Hero. This teacher is often ephemeral and inconsistent. The teacher never provides all of the answers. Instead, a viable mentor will only hint at the possible, suggest the journey ahead, and warn of the pending dangers. The mentor never pushes for the Hero…
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Much of the time, I am trying to fill the silence. There has been a lack of silence in my life. My family growing up consisted of three male siblings. My father is a very loud man. We used to joke that to be heard in our house, we had to yell. Noise was a…
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Gratitude: the act of giving thanks; the act of being grateful. I am focusing on gratitude. Two weeks ago, I started a “Gratitude Journal.” I read an article that even spending a few minutes a day writing down a few things you are grateful for will start to change you. It will cause you to…
Read MoreI woke up this morning thinking about the idea of sacrifice. As an English teacher, I know what the word the means. I can define it, identify it as a topic in literature, or point it out as a lesson to be learned in the myriad of television shows my boys watch. Recently I heard…
Read MoreI believe in signs. The Universe always seems to send me messages through objects that are around me. Somehow my mind connects a person in my life or an idea about something that is happening to an object, so when I see this object, I immediately know that the Universe has my back. The list…
Read MoreI love this quote. It has become my mantra over and over again when I feel myself getting tangled in the web of the world around me. Sometimes the strings in my life have barbs and they tug and snare, and I think of these words and feel instantly calm. I said them once to…
Read MoreWhen does someone know she is in love? Is it just a level of caring that overtakes her softly and then sideswipes her over and over again until she wonders which way is up? Or is love a combination of waves crashing on a beach, sometimes soft and lapping other times thunderous and raw? Does…
Read MoreOnce long ago, a tarot card reader told me I was an Alchemist in a past life. “You were very powerful and quite cruel,” she said as she turned another card over and looked at the spread with folded hands. “What is an Alchemist?” I asked, which is a bit weird because I was less hung…
Read More“Loving what is” is not mine. It is from Pema Chodron, but I like it all the same. She teaches us to accept those parts of ourselves that we struggle with. She tells us to take ourselves just as we are. This is so difficult for me. Perhaps it is difficult because we live in…
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The Wandering Empath 