I’m looking forward to, and dreading, Trick-Or-Treat. Simultaneously. I love the religious aspect of this holiday, but I am consistently irritated by the stereotypical and obnoxiously ugly caricature-ization of us Witches. I love the variety of candies, but I don’t really NEED lots of sweety choices* at this point in my Transformation process. I love that anyone and everyone can get dressed up and have fun, but I can’t stand a majority of the commercial costumes.
*All of them fucking ON SALE everywhere I go right now!
See? It’s confusing. I am overwhelmed with the mixed messages. Yet ANOTHER reason I don’t like Autumn. However, Corina cheered me greatly last night by sending a delightful picture, with this link back to its source.
“Fae Pumpkin House”
Of course there are SOME things that I like about the Fall, Dan’s jack-o-lantern carvings, for example. And this year I’ve already found my design. It’s gonna be a good one. Sadly though, he may have to work that night. There is a pool class scheduled too, but I’m going to cancel it. NO splashy-exercising on High Holy Days!
Earlier this afternoon my Friday Plan went slightly sideways when I received a text from Emmy saying that her car battery was dead. We had about three hours before the Deputy needed to leave for work, so we loaded the Grand Dog, the bike, and the jumper cables into his truck. It all, finally, worked out fairly well. Then later, this phone photo came in.
It was accompanied by the message, “no wonder I haven’t been able to organize these files….. I haven’t had the right help!” Thankgawd she has it now.
On our card altar today we have another sign of validation. Basically giving us an old-fashioned pep talk. (Which I was SO glad to see.)
“Progress ~
Charge forward ~
Be willing to make mistakes.”
Well, since I don’t actually believe that there IS such a thing as mistakes, I have to tweak this in a direction that works. (As I always encourage you to do, especially if the wording is problematic.)
In my mind, we can substitute the “make mistakes” part for “take longer in learning lessons” since we’re gonna figure it out eventually. If we end up going the circuitous route, we’ll just be taking longer to get there. NOT a mistake, so much as a round-about way of arriving. (My mother calls these long-cuts, as opposed to short-cuts.)
The crucial part of this message is more about us continuing to keep a positive attitude (and not lapse into negative thinking patterns) as we move along, charging fearlessly forward. Should any blockages or barriers come up, we need to simply push past them. Metaphorically as well as intuitively, of course. And figuratively too. Also physically, if what you are working towards (like me) is a body changing project.
Bottom line, the Universe knows how we’re doing, and is behind us. With pom-poms and hearty cheers. Also, a nice shiny unicorn to ride, in case our legs get tired. (Cuz, we may have missed the path, and the next bus isn’t coming by for days.)
Today’s Deck:
Self-Care Cards by Cheryl Richardson
No Shampoo Report, Day Two:
(this won’t be a regular feature, more like, an ir-regular one, when I think of it) so far it seems like the vinegar rinse is very helpful for my existing dreadlock situation. Tomorrow I’ll do it all again, and see if this is a trend or a one-off.
I’ve always thought that a mistake is only a decision you didn’t learn from. Yay continuing positive.
Very cute pumpkin house!! It reminds me of the Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater” nursery rhyme.
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“…a mistake is only a decision you didn’t learn from.”
Oh, that’s good too!
J
10:17 p.m.
10-6-12
I’m with you on the candy…and while I love the opportunity to dress up, I really don’t much like the negative components to witches. I mean, can you imagine doing this sort of stuff around Easter for the Christians? Me, either, although I note that Easter is another candy a thon.
I like Anna’s definition: The only real mistake is the decision you don’t learn from. Or, once is a mistake, twice is a choice.
And yay to rescuing kids. And figuring out the organizational needs.
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Hey, thanks for leaving your sick-bed to come by and comment. Are you healing well?
(For those who don’t know, Ally had her wisdom teeth extracted recently. She also won an “Officer Of The Year” award last week!)
J
10:19 p.m.
10-6-12
What a beautiful card! Very nice. I do tend to let myself be knocked back when I hit barriers or make mistakes or simply don’t succeed right away, and that’s something I need to work on a lot: persistence. Having a shiny, strong unicorn to help out would be a very nice bit of assistance and motivation to keep on trying.
Guess I’ll just have to pretend.
I no longer do the trick-or-treat thing because I cannot have all that candy around me or I’ll eat it. So I just keep the lights low and don’t answer the door if anyone knocks.
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Isn’t that a great image? We could totally use it as a meditation focus point.
(Visualization, not pretend.)
J
10:22 p.m.
10-6-12
“I mean, can you imagine doing this sort of stuff around Easter for the Christians?” omg – falls on floor laughing…
I’ll add an animal trainer’s maxim to the list. “The first time it’s a mistake. The second time it’s a habit.” I find it interesting that even though they’re phrased differently, they kinda all same the same thing.
Glad everything worked out for the Empress. Max is soooo cute.
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Except of course, Ostara was ours first too.
Mmmm, whatever.
(I WOULD say that I’ll pick my battles, but I prefer education over fighting.)
J
10:26 p.m.
10-6-12
Okay, so that didn’t come out as it was meant. I was envisioning people dressing up as Romans and such and making like Halloween. Could you see Romans going door-to-door hauling crosses with Jesus on them? Yes, I know. I have noooo respect and a slightly twisted sense of humor.
OMFG! ROFLMAO! I cannot stop laughing at that image! Brilliant!
Imma need a reading … I’ll email?
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Just give me shout,
you know where to find me.
J
10:36 p.m.
10-6-12
Great. Love the progress card.
Max is an adorable helper. And yeah, without kids in the house I don’t go much into decorating for any holiday. I’ve become an old curmudgeon. : )
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I really tried to be one too,
but no one would let me.
J
10:47 p.m.
10-6-12
So glad the pumpkin house was cheering!