Fire

Close your eyes. All you see is darkness, but if you look way off into the distance you'll see a tiny, orange, flickering light. Go closer to this flame. You are looking around the shadows of trees to keep the flame alive. When you get close enough to see the sparks lifting into the skies, that's when you'll see her dancing wildly around the fire. Become her. Pound the drum in your hand. That sound is the heartbeat of your soul. The embers of the fire are embedded in your spirit. You need only become aware of this in order to awaken it.

The warmth of the fire is the love that courses through all of us, the accepting love of the Goddess.

Chant

I dance in a circle of women

Make a web of my life

Hold me as I spiral and spin

Make a web of my life

Arrange Your Alone Time

We are all busy women. And it is important to give ourselves time to process the emotional things that happen to us every single day. Women are emotional beings, and we should honour this about ourselves. It is not a weakness.

It is stronger to admit, to accept, to fear, to love - than it is to deny, to ignore, to push away.

Give yourself time to nourish your body, by what you eat, by how you look at yourself in the mirror, by how you wash your hair.

Give yourself time to feed your intellect. Read a good book, take an art class, or an economics class, or just have a good discussion with someone.

Remember that you are in charge of how you feel. Don't let your circumstances dictate what you think your life should be like. It is up to you.

Feeling your Emotions

Real power doesn't lie in holding back your emotions.

It takes a lot of courage to sit with a powerful feeling, such as Anger, Love, or Sadness. Have you ever tried to avoid a certain feeling that keeps taking you over? Yet the feeling persists and persists ... slowly grinding you down ...

Try to sit with the emotion, truly allow yourself to feel it. Ask yourself "what's wrong?". The worst thing you can do to yourself is deny your true feelings. Your feelings, views and opinions mold you into who you truly are, so don't hold back.

This is called Personal Power.

Nothing is Trivial

We are all connected, whether you want to believe it or not. We are pure energy, and if you look very closely, you can recognize that one's energy does not stop where another's begins.

Do not allow yourself to believe that our world cannot be changed.

You can change your own world. And you will, in turn change the entire world.

Nothing is trivial.

Listen to Your Heart

Sharpen your instincts. Don't disregard your inner dialogue, for She is so wise. You are wise. The person standing behind you in line at the grocery store. She has two items and you have 20. You think for a moment "should I let her go first?" Then you disregard it. Such a waste. Try something new. Be kind to the person standing next to you. And when they accept, take a moment to feel what's happening. Feel it in your heart center. Listen to your heart.

We all come from the Goddess

And to her we shall return

Like a drop of rain

Falling to the ocean

We are all connected ...

Be in love with everything. Love the earth, the air, the wind and the fire. See the Goddess in all of it, and she'll begin presenting herself to you. Love your life, love your family, love your friends.

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.

Knowing this, treat every person as you would treat your own self.