Courage

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Sovereign Woman

Published March 8, 2024 by tindertender

There she is, that Sovereign Woman.

She with the courageous heart and the wild soul. She who says, “This is me. This is who I am.”

She wasn’t always this way.

For many years she was hidden away. Revealing herself fully only in the words of her journal and in her closest friendships. Showing up in her truth only when she felt safe enough to be vulnerable.

But now she’s changed. From her appearance to her writing, she’s a whole different woman.

SHE’S THE WOMAN WHO WAS WAITING INSIDE OF HER ALL ALONG.

It was not easy for her, this transformation. She didn’t just step into this embodied self the way you would gracefully step up a staircase.

She had to go deep inside of herself to find this version of herself.

She dug and descended.
Explored and excavated.
Re-membered, re-defined and re-birthed.

And now here she stands: Battle weary. Flawed. Tender.

She’s cried countless tears and faced many shadows. But it doesn’t take much to see there’s something different about her.

What is it? Can you feel it?

Yes that’s it…

IT’S NOT SO MUCH HOW SHE LOOKS. IT’S WHAT SHE’S EMANATING.

She’s grounded in her Wisdom.
Firm in her Strength.
And rooted in her Truth.

She may look like she’s been to hell and back, and in many ways she has, but the raging fire only devoured everything about her that was no longer true.

And what was left behind after all the layers of untruths were burned to the ground was her true essence.

She’s rising out of the ashes now, this Phoenix woman. She’s orienting her life to who she has become.

It’s all brand new to her and she’s far from having it all figured out. But little by little, she’s finding out exactly what it means to be a Sovereign Woman.”

~ Layla F. Saad

http://laylafsaad.com/poetry-prose/sovereign-woman

Art: Daria Hlazatova

Smart Choices

Published March 3, 2024 by tindertender

A personal rejection may be taken as an insurmountable barrier and a reason for self-pity and hate, or as an incentive for looking more closely and critically at our behavior as a means of correcting it and thus, attempting to change the behavior of others toward us. The choices are ours to make.

Mental Pain ~ If each time we experienced it we would welcome it with interest and give it our immediate attention by asking ourselves, “ What is this hurt about?” “What is there for me to learn from it?” “What are my alternative responses besides suffering?”, we would perhaps discover the true reason for the pain and be able to arrive at some creative behavioral alternatives to aid ourselves in overcoming it.

~ Leo Buscaglia
Personhood, The Art of Being Fully Human

Gather the Tribe

Published March 1, 2024 by tindertender

The old threads are unraveling,
Get your needles ready.
We are stitching a new quilt
of Humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts,
worn out jeans, scarves,
antique gowns, aprons,
old pockets of plenty
who have held Earth’s treasures,
stones, feathers, leaves,
love notes on paper.

Each stitch
A mindful meditation.
Each piece of material
A story.
The more colour the better,
so call in the Tribes.

Threads of browns, whites,
reds, oranges
Women from all nations
start stitching.
Let’s recycle the hate, the abuse,
the fear, the judgment.
Turn it over, wash it clean,
ring it out to dry.

It’s a revolution
of recycled wears.
Threads of greens, blues, purples
Colourful threads
of peace, kindness,
respect, compassion
are being stitched
from one continent to the next
over forests, oceans, mountains.

The work is hard
Your fingers may bleed.
But each cloth stitched together
Brings together a community.
A world, our future world
Under one colourful quilt.
The new quilt of humanity.”

~ Julia Myers

“Thread of life” By Jakki Moore

Where God Is

Published March 1, 2024 by tindertender

When I was the stream, when I was the
forest, when I was still the field
when I was every hoof, foot,
fin and wing, when I
was the sky itself,

no one ever asked me did I have a purpose, no one ever
wondered was there anything I might need,
for there was nothing
I could not love.

It was when I left all we once were that
the agony began, the fear and questions came,
and I wept, I wept. And tears
I had never known before.

So I returned to the river, I returned to
the mountains. I asked for their hand in marriage again,
I begged—I begged to wed every object and creature,

and when they accepted,
God was ever present in my arms.
And He did not say,
“Where have you
been?”

For then I knew my soul—every soul—
has always held
Him.

–Meister Eckhart
Painting,
Outstarwalker,
deviant art

Making Magic

Published March 1, 2024 by tindertender

Do not be bitter. Illuminate the truth.

This is a stage of pre-creation, a state of infinite possibility. Follow your instincts freely.

Try not to figure out what lies ahead, but enter the “darkness” with courage. Trust in the higher powers to guide you through this part of the journey.

Evil is Live spelled backwards … and of course, it is hidden behind the Veil.

Violators, master manipulators, those who oppress and dominate the population … this world has been their oyster.

Unity Song

Published February 16, 2024 by tindertender

In life many things seem daunting, impossible.

But we have realized there’s no potential at all if we don’t try.

So we allow our song to be sung, and amazing things occur.

Thank you, family, for the melody, the harmony, the beautiful symphony.

Two Paths with a Million Ways to get There

Published February 3, 2024 by tindertender

Everybody’s Got A Dream

Published January 27, 2024 by tindertender

“I will love you for 1,000 years, and then love you for 1,000 more.”

It truly is a wonderful idea Spirit. My hope is you won’t grow unbearably bored and tired of me and decide to do what the previous ancestors did.

Thanks be to the Most High for cancelled contracts!

Blind faith often makes us look insane.

So be it.

I’m jumping off the proverbial cliff.
I trust you will catch me.

Or I’ll build my wings on the way down.

Everybody’s got a dream.

Something This Way Comes

Published January 26, 2024 by tindertender

“If you love me don’t let go.”

“Don’t go sharing your emotions, lay all your love on me!”

I love me.
I choose me.
Everyone in my life chose something other than me.
Wanted me to believe I was broken somehow, needing fixing, unworthy of pure love in my brokenness.
I chose me.
I had to.
I give to me all my love, time and services.

Don’t come to me with your problems.
Your burden is no longer my responsibility.

And frankly, I don’t care anymore… about anything you have going other than your discovery of your own ability to manage your own shit.

May the Most High bless you with the wisdom and endurance necessary for the reward which comes thru perseverance … the reward which you believe you can just steal. Just take.

Conscious Connection and a Guardians Prayer

Published January 22, 2024 by tindertender

Something has definitely shifted. I was wandering, getting my coffee, waiting for it to brew, and noted a perfect stillness within me. As tho some thing, or some energy, had been removed. I noted it, and gave thanks. Our team, guardians, protectors, all of those working in service on behalf of the essence of life flowing within all beings… remember them when you are feeling good. It’s symbiosis, and needs to be acknowledged. “There’s a whole lot more coming from this side of the apple”, they said. Show gratitude for the ease, and pray for assistance should it be vacant. The family of the Most High is diligently working on behalf of harmony … clearing chaos isn’t an easy task. Pray for their protection, while they do what you cannot. It’s the courteous thing to do, Should one choose to participate in this special relationship, consciously.