As I start a new chapter with this seventh decade, I wonder what my prayer will be. What feels urgent?
Can we love ourselves enough to change? Can we love each other enough to change? Can we embrace change in all of its manifestations? That is my prayer for today.
Can we create the kind of changes necessary - together, to thrive on this planet? The only planet that we will ever call home. That's my prayer. ~ Terry Tempest Williams
Beloved books of this author are often about what is easy to overlook – the holy ordinary as she calls it. Whether it's the beauty and plight of the natural world, or the silence and struggle of a loved one.
In this session of Wild Card, she talks about why women with big ideas get labeled crazy and how her late mother influences her.
“The celebration of our 100th anniversary as a nation also took place in a time of trouble, but taking pride was a good thing. We gained strength and looked to the future.” ~ Margaret Mead, famed anthropologist
Today, many of us listen to Heather Cox Richardson, a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American politics. Her instigated discussions provide hope in trying times.
Available on several social media platforms, where she and her featured guests talk about history, politics, and the relationship between image and reality in America.
Aside from her daily "Letters by an American," she and their tireless team share carefully researched and verified political explainers, chats and conversations with peers, experts and leaders - on varied topics that inform and clarify what is going on around us today.
The latest addition to these presentations is "250 to 250" - a collection of 100-word stories documenting the American journey to democracy - narrated by chosen representatives according to the topics covered.
As they have boldly stated on their YouTube channel:
From the time of our country’s founding 250 years ago, the story of America has been one of the constant efforts of Americans - from all races, ethnicities, genders, and abilities - to make real the belief that we are all created equal and have a right to have a say in our democracy.
We will be telling their stories over the next several weeks because now, as ever, “We Are America.”
These stories live on and continue to strengthen the fabric of our nation and our individual efforts to inform and inspire a better future - one that serves the best of what we strive for in this democracy.
Despite what is going on in society, the mothering nature of Earth and the fierce protective Sun still sustains us. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun is getting higher in the sky. The Wheel of the Year turns and Beltane, the season of blossoming, is here once more.
At Beltane, the veils between the worlds thin - the faery folk and elementals come through to our world. Why not listen to them and see what they might have to tell us about the state of the land. Is it thriving? Is it suffering? Where do we need to put our energies?
wishing all a blessed Beltane
There are so many new energies at play in the cosmos right now. The chaos here on Earth gives those energies the room to manifest.
“Conflict is connection. It’s how we figure out who we are, what we want, who our partners are and who they are becoming, and what they want. It’s how we bridge our differences and find our similarities, our points of connection. The problem is, we haven’t been taught how to do it right.” ~ Dr. Julie Gottman
Conflict is often labeled as a negative in our society, especially within relationships. While it can indeed be uncomfortable and emotionally charged, conflict doesn’t have to create a barrier to connection with your partner.
According to Drs. John and Julie Gottman, navigating disagreements respectfully and constructively can foster resilience and deepen your understanding of each other’s feelings, dreams, desires, and needs.
The cycle of give and take is a natural rhythm the earth and most of its inhabitants are in sync with. With the main exception being us human beings - its indulgent infants.
Our elders and older beings sharing this planet with us have learned to move with the ebb and flow. We on the other hand have much to learn and improve yet.
if it's to me it's up to me
The wake we make is erratic and chaotic to the cycles and rhythms that have been around long before we were even possibilities in the murky muddy pool we first crawled out of.
Equinoxes and Solstices are moments of important energy shifts for us - as light and dark ebb and flow.
This year’s psychological harvest awakens us to our body’s senses, our world’s needs, and our spiritual place in the cosmos.
pumpkin patch
Autumn Equinox is a sacred moment for grieving our many losses - as individuals, as a culture, as Earth-Gaia. We join Demeter and other Mother Goddesses from around the globe - weeping for all that is gone. Our beating hearts beating on.
The Mother weeps and rages, the Daughter leaves courageously, the Old One beckons with Her wisdom and promise of transformation.
Persephone is the Seed in the Heart/Core of the Mother and the Mother is in the Seed within us. They are in each other - we are of each other.
We wish all a bountiful harvest! May there be peace within us and between us.
Originally published at https://wonderwanderwomen.blogspot.com.
August has some celestial delights in store for us all. The night sky is putting on an unforgettable show - from meteor showers and full moons to a rare planetary lineup and a mysterious Black Moon.
Whether you're a stargazer, photographer, or cosmic dreamer, these celestial events leaves us all awe struck.
“In many traditional cultures, healing was not the burden of one person alone, It was held by the entire community.” ~ Sandra Ingerman, Soul Retrieval
Is it any wonder then that no matter the advances in science and health today, a growing number of dis-ease and illness afflict too many in our modern world.
As we were never meant to be alone, soul healing was never meant to be a solitary journey. It takes a village in community - knowing each member and caring for each other's wellbeing to keep us all going.
Pentecost is a movable feast that celebrates the Holy Spirit coming to descend upon the Apostles, as Jesus the Christ promised. Many religions recognize Pentecost as the birth of the Church. In 2025, Pentecost is celebrated on June 8.
Pentecost is the universal dissemination of the Christ Consciousness throughout all time in the heart of every human being.
Pentecost - artist unknown
"This is true communion with the Holy Spirit, Who sees the altar of God in everyone, and by bringing it to your appreciation, calls upon you to love God and Creation. You can appreciate the Sonship only as One. This is part of the law of creation and therefore governs all thought.” ACIM, 123
