Well, I held up as much as I could to still participate as much as I could this year. Sure, I might have blogged 10x in the month of November, but I definitely wouldn’t have blogged this 11th one 😉. One day I might even have some fiction in me, and I might even endeavor to write a novel. That could be fun. I could jump-start it with using a November month to brain storm.
I’ll save some more astrology for another post at another time. I still have comments to reply to from previous posts and people to visit who I miss. So, we shall see.
In my comments to dear Karin from Shamanismandhealing.com, (I might need to fix the link. Let me know in the comments) I mentioned what I am reading; I consider it to be the quintessential holiday book: “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion,” by Gregory Boyle. I’m blown away and my heart has both exploded and imploded with the words on the pages. This is soul food. This is real purpose. This is the gift of a lifetime: this one precious human life.
For everyone for whom I am connected, I feel devoted. I feel loved and loving. Being brave enough to reach into our souls and pull out anything from a dove’s nest or pocket fuzz, worse, even rocks. Some might find roses. But to be able to reach is the gift. It’s not about what comes out. We need to empty ourselves and our lives have a way of turning us upside-down and jingling us and seeing what comes out. It seems that the riches and sweetness grow just as strong as the bitters and what is rotten festers without being able to ignore.
I feel so small in comparison to the world with which I am connected, but I feel wholly a part of it.
In two weeks I will be sitting in meditation with this soul-nourishing Buddhist group I met and will be attending a brief retreat on “this precious human life.” Honestly, folks, I don’t want to squander it. I’m doing the best I can. My soul is not quiet but it is loud and sometimes it even roars: NOW. There’s a feast in here. We are all sharing it with bravery. We are all so courageous.
I want to honor my fellow Cheer Peppers for reaching the end of Nano Poblano. Congratulations!!
Dinah, I’m really especially thinking of you and holding you in my heart.
May we all know more and more blessings and find our capacity to endure grow evermore as we share the love we have for one another, for all creatures big and small, for the air and the mountains, the rivers and the trees.
Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ
Fiesta Estrellas 
I just bought the book Ka! I’m sure I will love it. I hope your Buddhist retreat rejuvenates and renews your soul and energy. Much love 🌸💞🌸
You are 💯 on target 🎯 Karen. This book is….
Gah! So good. 😭
Thank you, I am so excited for this retreat in a way I have never been before. I’m planning on going in DEEP. “This Precious Human Life.”
Much love returned! 🫶
When it comes to seeking spiritual peace, retreats are the most convenient. I hope your resolutions come to fruition. A hug
Thank you, my friend. To be in community with those who are also living in practice is so fulfilling. This is a new opportunity, and I welcome the mystic illumination. Thank you, again. Hugs
You are welcome Ka.
Keep ROARING – love you Ka….XX
And many blessing to you also Ka. It is a very powerful journey this wander we do down here, so much to touch, to feel, and fine tune our love for it in doing so. Enjoy your break kind lady, may many ‘things’ wander your path too 🤗❤️🙏
Thanks for your gentle support….grief is the price of deep love. I guess I’m lucky to be paying this debt….even though it doesn’t feel like that now 💜
That’s truly the perspective, right? Thank you for sharing more about her in your other comment on your post about losing her, or rather, her transitioning and you ‘gaining’ her. Oh man, my heart breaks just writing that sentence. 💔 Love you, Dinah!
“I feel so small in comparison to the world with which I am connected, but I feel wholly a part of it.” How lovely, Ka. ❤ Happy December.
Happy December! Thank you, for the quote from my text. My sweet daughter and I revisited ‘just’ that idea before sleep last night as we settled in after a bright award winning 🏆 (for her) holiday/award/dance party celebration for her karate dojo. 🥋 Most improved student of the Year. She’s 5 & 1/2. She has two trophies and 3 medals. She hasn’t even started tournaments yet, which she wants to. I told her I will support her. This school has her working hard towards her black belt in 2029. I’m in awe of these amazing humans who created this environment for her to thrive!
The world is amazing.
It can scare us in so many ways, and then our courage in the face of its immensity, just grows, once we face our own shadows again and again. She and I spoke of the universe and not the world. I think they are different, but similar.
Thanks for stopping by, Diana! ♥️
How wonderful is that about your daughter. Lol. I love it. “She and I spoke of the universe and not the world. I think they are different, but similar.” Yes.
Yes. ♥️
retreat .. love ❤️ that you are goin to do that. It’s awesome. Reading you is like a retreat for me. I feel renewed and rejuvenated.. hugs and much much love ❤️.. be well ..
Awh Yassy!!! I’m headed there today. I will maybe slip into poetic dream overlay or dive deep in poetic underbelly or wash myself in the ocean of goodness clearing the dross of buggish thoughts and crop out a new me at the end, with more value and appreciation for this precious human life!! Love you, be well also! It’s bliss to my eyes that you feel renewed and rejuvenated by my words. I feel same with you. I feel refreshed, alive, and ready to create more as I witness how easily you flow and swim through words like a fish, like a true wordsmith in your full language of curiosity, sensing and also observing. You blew me away with the recent crane poem. Hugs and love 💕
Thank you thank you thank you 😘🤗 love you , soul sibling 😘 be well. Look after yourself and your little one.
Have fun at the retreat, Ka. Can’t wait ri read the book!
Oh this book is so amazing! It fills my heart with so much hope, beauty and awe! Thanks for reading and visiting, Pam!
Your words are so full of love, joy, and wisdom. There’s a feast in here. We are all sharing it with bravery. We are all so courageous. I’m very thankful for you, Ka. Enjoy your retreat! ❤
Thank you, Joanna! 🤗 hugs and love my friend!