I’m in the finishing stages of getting over a sinus infection. This one was particularly nasty, and I think it had been building for quite some time. Typically, when I get sick I don’t want to be around people much, and this time was no exception. Unlike past bouts, that desire seems to be sticking around. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently finished reading Paulo Coelho’s excellent book The Alchemist. One of the things he spends some time talking about in the book is the idea that omens are the language of the world, a language spoken through the entire world, but unique to every individual, because every individual has a different dream they are trying to realize. Looking back on my life, I can see how omens have appeared at the important junctures, and how following them (or not) has affected my life. I bring this up because I am seeing them again, an indicator that something very important in my life is about to occur.
Let me start by apologizing for the time since my last post. I’ve been concentrating more on my jujitsu notebook and trying to get over a sinus infection, which has left little energy or desire to write. Now, on with the post. Lately I’ve been getting some messages from the universe, on a regular basis and some of them are becoming increasingly insistent. Perhaps the most pressing of these is that the universe is asking me to choose the main direction my life will take for some time to come. Read the rest of this entry »
ok, so here we are in the third day of the new year, and I have already broken my first tradition. Many people make a New Year’s resolution, which they fail to achieve and frequently stop working towards between the 2nd and 6th week of the new year. If it makes it that long. I haven’t made a new year’s resolution in quite sometime, and typically don’t. But this year, I decided it would be a good idea. I only made one, and I don’t expect it to be difficult to keep.
My lone resolution is this: this year I’m going to do more things that make me happy. That’s it. That’s all. But I’m not going to doing it in a selfish manner - I’m not talking about hoarding, or give me this, give me that kind of behavior. I’m thinking more along the lines of spending more Sundays at Riverbanks, working in and on my garden, doing some more writing, hanging out with friends more, that kind of thing. Investing more time in the people, things, and experiences I enjoy.
So there it is - my first tradition broken. This is going to be a year of many broken traditions - and many new ones. Can’t wait to see what happens!
Here I sit, on the first morning of the new year, sipping a mimosa and writing. Over the last few days, I’ve experienced a growing sense that something big is coming my way, something good, but something big. I don’t know what it is, or when it will get here, but I feel like it isn’t far off. Of course, on one hand, I could be completely wrong, and on the other hand, it might already be here. Yes, 2010 might actually be the big thing around the corner.
Author’s note - this was written last Wednesday.
Well, here I am, two days before Christmas and my last day of work before 4 days off. Tonight is the last night of class at the dojo before the Christmas holiday. I am determined to do the things I need to do in order to get where I want to go, and going to class at the dojo is one of those things. Perhaps it is missing the last 4 classes and tonight’s final class of the year, but I find myself wanting to stay home instead of going. But that’s not going to happen.
Monday was Yule, known by most as the Winter Solstice. Though my lone decoration this year consists of the wreath hanging on my front door, I did celebrate Yule last night by doing ritual. This year’s ritual was different from year’s past, especially considering I haven’t done a Yule ritual in 3 years. Last night’s ritual was good, but intense. While I won’t go into the nature of the magickal work I did last night, let’s just say it was definitely of a profound and life changing nature.
I went to the movies this past weekend, the first time I’ve gone in several months. I went to see the very excellent movie Avatar, but I’m not really going to talk about the movie, but rather the knowledge that it reminded me of.
Last night I went to a social function that reminded me why I don’t go to social functions. Namely, lack of things in common. Well, not entirely true, in this instance – it was a meeting of people with similar belief structures. But that’s not what the meeting was about. Rather, it was a chance for us to socialize and spend time with others. The biggest problem, from my viewpoint, is that I have little in common with most of the rest of the people who were there.
I mentioned in my previous post an interesting discovery I’d made about myself. I described it to a friend of mine this way: as soon as I figure out that I want something, I stop doing anything or don’t start doing what I need to do in order to manifest it. I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of days, and have come up with some thoughts about why this might be, and what to do about it.