this post is stolen

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy.
If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem.

But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

~ E.B. White

from Pink Heels but it's too wonderful not to steal and post it all over the world :D

when in doubt

keep moving forward

there are no guarantees that this will work

especially if the way ahead is all cloudy and mist filled

you might fall down a hole

then again you might find treasure

but really plodding along is a very good way to just keep things going, it is much harder to stop-loose momentum and then have to start rolling again.

just thought i'd say this seeing as all this stuckness has been hovering around me making my life difficult as of late. still not unstuck but am enjoying the process and the view a lot more from this place.

BE

Embrace where you are right now, and while you're at it, embrace the idea that you could be here - right where you are - for the rest of your life. If you find yourself unable to embrace that idea, then you just may be right where you are for the rest of your life.

We cannot know where we may be tomorrow. Oh, we think we can, but we can't, really. We construct nice, tidy scenarios for our lives. We may even build in a few wonderful options, like winning the lottery. We shy away from the options that frighten us. Fact is that what frightens us, owns us. Fact is that our nice, tidy scenarios limit us. Fact is that only by embracing the mystery of it all, only by embracing the fact that we know nothing - we know NOTHING! - can we be without the pain and annoyance of wanting what we do not have.

BE.

I found this again in my inbox... it had been saved for a good reason. sometimes words hit you over the head and these did just that... again...embrace the idea that you could be here - right where you are - for the rest of your life. If you find yourself unable to embrace that idea, then you just may be right where you are for the rest of your life.

this is from the Sacred Earth Seven Element Tarot... a beautiful daily reminder of life.

there is a thin line

between play and strife.

today's tarot draw was the 5 of wands you can see in the image 5 men holding sticks in a circle.

this card shows a standoff. but are they at

war?

play?

there is a very fine line between the two and it is up to us to choose laughter in this situation.

who cares that you have just been insulted... the best thing you can do in a tense situation is laugh.

this is true in any tense situation.

endorphins will be released, muscular tensions will be released. even if no one else joins in, or they move to bash you with their stick--because you have discharged your anger/tension with laughter, you will be able to react swifter, with more clarity and confidence.

choose play... learn to laugh at yourself and situations more readily.

your life will be a lot more fun and you will be a much more pleasant person (with less bruises)

moving out of stuck

is slow.

but it happens.

there's this point of surrender when you just don't give a damn which way things are gonna go.

at that point you can find me either curled up in a tiny ball or doing something i love.

today i started making books. because the world needs my handmade journals made from beautiful papers, ribbons and all manner of things recycled.

mostly i sat down to make books because i was tired of working on my business and i wanted to play. but play in a way the feeds my soul.

there is nothing more filling then creating beauty.

stuck... i'm stuck

when you have entered the land of stuck it is very hard to move.

like any movement has the potential to get you stuck-er.

like stuck to the point where you can't use your hands or legs.

any movements are now getting the stuck up around your neck and like very soon you are going to be eating the stuck and it will drown you.

i hate the stuck. hate. HATE. HATE the stuck. and I don't like to use words like hate.

but what i hate more than the stuck is the feelings surrounding stuck. of hopeless and defeat and immobility and ARGHHH. like you want to move and make things alright, but you also just want to stay and process, but fuck it sucks and it's hard and it's ugly and ARGHHHH!

so yeah life's good here... what's it like in your neck of the woods?

most of me knows this is a cycle and it will be soon be over. but there's the part that knows, like in the image above, that once the cycle is over i will become compost for some other adventurer.

meta-physical death/change is often twice as excruciating as literal death. mostly because it keeps happening over and over as we grow. literal death only happens once. usually.

what i can do? ... go pull some more weeds. maybe it will ground me. maybe it will just piss me off, but no matter what it will create a little bit of beauty that i can glom on to and stare at in this time of stuck-ness.

praise from the hot tub arena

my latest newsletter concerned all ways you can keep feet pain-free with foot exercises and stuff.

one of my clients loved it and blogged about me

Alice also happens to be the owner of Olympic Hot Tub here in Seattle... if you are ever in need of a awesome source of relaxation go see her. She will take great care of you.

She will keep you pain-free in body, mind and spirit with a good soak and the pummeling action of hot tub jets.

am off to get my feet their monthly tune-up with a delicious reflexology session!