Wolf Moon 2011

                                                      

                                                       "The world closing in

                                                            did you ever think

                                                     that we could be so close, like brothers.

                                                           The future's in the air

                                                          I can feel it everywhere

                                                      Blowing with the wind of change.

                                                                               ~Scorpions. Wind of Change

    The snow fell soft and fast today, covering every thing it touched. It's a Wolf moon according to Native American folklore and the first full moon of 2011. She hides tonight behind a blanket of lavender sky and I don't blame her, it's cold out! There are no wolves here howling for warmth, I hope my stray cats are comfortable under the golf green and that there will be enough fresh vegetables in the fridge to keep me home tomorrow. Nothing is making a sound outside, nothing at all. What a contrast to the chatter that went on in the world today.

  Can you feel the wind of change that is here? People are waxing and waning, losing jobs, moving, ending friendships. Our world has left the year of the Tiger and is now entering the year of the Rabbit. People are also waking up to themselves. Feeling the need to live a more authentic and passionate life. Little miracles sprouting out of discomfort. One of my soul sisters told me today that there are four unusual dates this year.

   1/1/11...1/11/11...11/1/11...and 11/11/11...take the last two digits of the year you were born, plus the
age you will be this year and it will equal 111. Pretty cool. Year of the Rabbit. The Universe is whispering that there are no accidents. We are meant to Be, uniquely us. Do the math, we are all ONE!

The Native American Ten Commandments

Goodbye Old Year

                   A.D. 1700 - 1900


     A presence strange at once and known
        Walked with me as my guide.
     The skirts of some forgotten life
         Trailed noiseless at my side.


     Was it a dim-remembered dream
         Or glimpse through eons old?
      The secret which the mountain kept.
         The river never told.
                                               J.G. Whittier
                                               (A Mystery)


    Good bye old year! You were an ok friend. Sadly, I think I took you for granted. Didn't notice how fast you would come and go. Pieces of you feel like a past life memory and other parts of you still cling like a broken record. Thanks for the learning and thanks for the fun but I am looking forward to the new one! 2011, wow!

Starfish

 This picture is a repost but I love its simplicity. The candles were lit on the outside deck and salt was accidentally spilled on the table. It had been a fun party and we were goofy tired so that's when the little starfish came into the picture. "Dance with me! My foot is off but I can still salsa!" Point and click, now our moment is captured and framed in the kitchen. Do you remember your first camera? They don't make mine anymore, it had a cubed flash that you  had to throw away after four pictures. Now I have one that is too smart for me to figure out.

Remembering Christmas Past

  Somewhere between accidentally holding hands with the wrong dad in a crowded shopping center and the long drive home in the back seat on a cold December afternoon, is when she decided to become a grown up. She would never suck her thumb again, would never sit on Santa Claus' lap and definitely never call him "Daddy". Tears fell on her new Alvin and The Chipmunks Christmas album that she had saved her allowance to buy. The crowded car full of siblings didn't notice her pain while her mom shouted, "Oh, you're terrible Charles!" Yes he was, all the while hearing his words, "I'm not standing in that line another minute! You're too big to believe in Santa Claus! There's no such a thing anyway!" echoing in her head.
 Leaving her inward child was easy for many years. She played the Christmas album for the amusement of her brother and sisters, never acting excited.  As luck would have things, time turned her into a mother and that is when the little girl came back. She played Christmas carols on her stereo and waited patiently in long lines with her children to take a peek at Santa. Luck, being the good friend that it is, also turned her into a grandma. The kind of grandma who calls her dad, "Daddy".

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxzwWIxiv6A

That Was Fun

 It's a great feeling to find an old picture or even a slightly old one! They have a way of speaking. A way of nudging us that life is good.

   "When words become unclear, I shall focus on photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." ~ Ansel Adams~

 
 

Gossip and The Permanent Record

  "If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

                                                                                                 ~Kahil Gibran~

     Do you know where the teachers hide the permanent record book? Hopefully, things have changed, but when I was little, it was a big threat to keep us in line and I never saw them write in it when we were good. I was about to give up this myth until Aaron was starting his first grade year. The new teacher took me aside and said how happy she was to have my son. Aaron? Tell it how it is Pooky, don't mess with me Aaron? Yes, and then she opened a ledger with the names of all the children. Next to his name was a little red heart that his kindergarten teacher drew. I had the same experience year after year with him. That little red heart followed him through high school like a lucky charm! 

     I've been thinking about this "Force". The best way to notice it is through facebook. The same people talk about how hard their lives are only to keep experiencing hardships. The same people talk about fun things, only to tell us later about their new jobs or vacations. It's all energy and wants to please so it gives what it receives. There is hope but it is hard! I've been trying for two weeks and every day I write, "day one." For twenty one days in a row, you can't complain, talk bad about others even if it feels right. That means no gossip. If you mess up, apologize and then start over. Someone told me it will physically change your insides and you will automatically refrain from negative speaking.
    "We dance round in a ring and suppose, while the Secret sits in the middle and knows." ~Robert Frost
     There is a permanent record book called the Akashic Records. It contains the vibrational records of each individual soul and its journey. "Akasha" a Sanskrit word meaning "primary substance", that which all things are formed. The Record is known in every spiritual tradition. In Judeo-Christian tradition, it is "The Book of Life" and "The Book of God's Remembrance". There are ways to access the information for healing but it will be easier to read this book if we do an inner cleanse first.

                                           1. no fear
                                           2. no guilt
                                           3. no judgement

Linda Howe   Director of the Akashic Studies  http://www.akashicstudies.com