change...

januarys card speaks of

change..a journey ending...a closing....completion...a homeward stretch...a finishing of sorts

...of new beginnings...of chance...of confidence...

its as if the universe is encouraging me...chanting to me...giving me the little extra nudges that need be...it is in accepting and knowing that change will not come if i am not the one creating the change...steering the wheel...driving the force...it is in this where i find myself lost

the cards they speak...they foretell

but it is up to me to LIGHT my way

 {fingers crossed}

Lao Tzu once said:

"If you do not change direction...You may end up where your heading"

12 + 3...

a ritual

tis how i welcome a new calendar year

cards laid before me

waiting to expose what may be on the rise

the chances and changes to be coming my way

my intention is always that of 12

but the openness is there for others to present themselves

3 more cards came to be

these i am holding as my life cards to reflect upon for the year

a starting middle and ending

2015

is full of

  growth of change of exploration of prosperity of happiness

of roots of motherhood and of finding my way

it is a first in many years that the days are to unfold in abundantly blessed ways

the last few years have spoken of hardship trials tribulations and proved very much so

to the unknown and where it will lead

 

Julien Smith said:

"Going to the unknown is how you expand what is known"

13+1~

 

every year is a little different from the last

a practice for years i have come to know

i chose to draw up a year of cards 

it is always with the intention of at least 12 to come forth

yet strangely enough there is always a different way of sums 

there are ones that gently fall from my hands

and then there are ones that feel as if they leap from the pile

saying its me...its me

this practice is simple

mindful for me

a reflection as the months make way

offering hindsight as the days within unfold

a glimpse of a possible future

knowing all the same

that life can change in a simple blink of an eye

a tool

that leaves me hopeful yet warned

an offering 

a way to glance to and from

with a deeper understanding for the things that arise

it is in doing

appreciating each as they lay

it is in knowing you can not meld them as you wish

and in believing that as with life and living all things change

they are a sense balance amongst the unknown

Joseph Campbell Once Said:

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

12+4...

one questioned asked at the start of each new year

12 cards drawn

with the intention of adding 1 more

 13

representing this year that has come to be

the most fascinating thing

at the start of each new year

i face all the cards back to the same position

a newness kind of feel...per say

my first two cards drawn

were reversed as reversed could lay

when reaching for the 13th card 

4 came stumbling out

i truly believe there is no willing the cards you draw

its plain and simple

they.will.have.their.own.way

Karl Von Clausewitz once said:

"If the mind is to emerge unscathed from the relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to the truth; and second, the courage to follow this light wherever it may lead."