I’m not here to be the floor that you walk on I’m not here to just do whatever you say Watch out I’m flying in like a black swan I’m gonna show that I’m more than just a pretty face
I’m not here to just walk along the old path I’m not here to be a number in your race You might think you have control but it’s all mine You don’t know it but you’re standing on the fault line
And I’m an earthquake I’m here to shake things up I’m gonna shake things up I’m gonna shake things up Things up Things up I’m an earthquake
You be the melody and I’ll be the bass line I’m not here to be a fiddle that you play You can party with your wine and your moonshine I’m gonna shake it up and open up the champagne
I’m an earthquake I’m here to shake things up I’m gonna shake things up I’m gonna shake things up Things up Things up I’m an earthquake
I’m swimming against the stream You can feel the boat rocking but it’s not what it seems You might think I’m a tidal wave But I’m the earthquake
I’m an earthquake I’m here to shake things up I’m gonna shake things up I’m gonna shake things up Things up Things up I’m an earthquake I’m here to shake things up I’m gonna shake things up I’m gonna shake things up Things up Things up I’m an earthquake
Shower. Not a bath, a shower. Use water as hot or cold as you like. You don’t even need to wash. Just get in under the water and let it run over you for a while. Sit on the floor if you gotta.
Moisturize everything. Use whatever lotion you like. Unscented? Dollar store lotion? Fancy 48 hour lotion that makes you smell like a field of wildflowers? Use whatever you want, and use it all over your entire dermis.
Put on clean, comfortable clothes.
Put on your favorite underwear. Those ridiculous boxers you bought last year with jalapeños on the butt? Put them on.
Drink cold water. Use ice. If you want, add some mint or lemon for an extra boost.
Clean something. Doesn’t have to be anything big. Organize one drawer of a desk. Wash five dirty dishes. Do a load of laundry. Scrub the bathroom sink.
Blast music. Listen to something upbeat and dancey and loud, something that’s got lots of energy. Sing to it, DANCE 💃 to it, even if you suck at both.
Make food. Don’t just grab a granola bar to munch. Take the time and make food. Even if it’s ramen. Add something special to it, like a soft boiled egg or some veggies. Prepare food, it tastes way better, and you’ll feel like you accomplished something.
Make something. Write a short story or a poem, draw a picture, color a picture, fold origami, crochet or knit, sculpt something out of clay, anything artistic. Even if you don’t think you’re good at it. Create.
Go outside. Take a walk. Sit in the grass. Look at the clouds. Smell flowers. Put your hands in the dirt and feel the soil against your skin.
Call someone. Call a loved one, a friend, a family member, call a chat service if you have no one else to call. Talk to a stranger on the street. Have a conversation and listen to someone’s voice. If you can’t bring yourself to call, text or email or whatever, just have some social interaction with another person. Even if you don’t say much, listen to them. It helps.
Cuddle your pets if you have them/can cuddle them. Take pictures of them. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel, about your favorite movie, a new game coming out, anything.
May seem small or silly to some, but this list keeps people alive.
*** At your absolute best you won’t be good enough for the wrong people. But at your worst, you’ll still be worth it to the right ones. Remember that. Keep holding on.
*** In case nobody has told you today I love you and you are worth your weight and then some in gold, so be kind to yourself and most of all keep pushing on!!!!
And so begins the season of letting go, when Mother Nature shows us all, how it’s done. Let go, free yourself, shake it off, drop it, give way for the new. Create space for new thoughts, new ideas, new adventures and new connections, by shedding the dead weight you’ve been carrying around, for so long. And whilst you are there, being reborn and renewed, let go of old anxieties too. Let go of any doubts, fears or beliefs which no longer serve you well. Release bitterness or past hurts which feast on your beauty. Be brave, Don’t fear the nakedness as your leaves slip away. Mother Nature doesn’t, watch and learn.
Some people have no idea what it means to hurt someone. They think because they didn’t slap them in the face or punch them in the guts, they did no harm.
Emotional and mental abuse creates trauma that must be worked through. A damaged spirit/soul/body complex can only heal if they do it intentionally, and revisiting wounds hurts real bad. This type of abuse literally alters the life path of another.
Some people have no idea what it means to hurt someone, painting themselves as a saint. Surely getting through the pearly gates.
They have to learn what it means to hurt someone. And that means they have to experience it first hand. And if they are already playing the victim, well, it’s gonna be a very rough, long hard road.
I hope they can persevere. And I hope they choose to become kind, rather than vengeful. I hope they learn patience, as so many of their targets had to, while being extremely challenged.
Some folks get cake the first half of life. They get glory, celebration, status and admiration.
Then the illusion dies, and people simply aren’t enamored any longer.
Some folks suffer real bad the first half of life. They wonder why life is so hard. They look around at others sucking on silver spoons.
Some get angry, bitter. They decide that to ‘take’ is the key. They make shady deals to get one up, only one…
Others sing the song of Patience. They don’t become bitter. They are faithful, that in the grand scheme of things, this will make sense. They remain open hearted to love, knowing it may hurt at some point … but ever faithful to love.
Some take. Some wait.
What do you think the actual Big Kahuna is going to say about all of it?
Not much, most likely. Just the facts, and the decree. It won’t be denied.
The body is holy. Sexuality is holy. The imagination is holy. Divinity is immanent in nature; it is within you as well as without. Most spiritual paths ultimately lead people to the understanding of their own connection to the divine. While human beings are often cut off from experiencing the deep and ever-present connection between themselves and the universe, that connection can often be regained through ceremony and community. The energy you put out into the world comes back.
~ Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon
Art: Elly Smallwood ~ @ellysmallwood on Instagram
The giant woman here appears as a vision I had not long ago of a giant woman in the waterfall at multnomah falls. She was clear as day, magnificent!!
If you used to toss cigarette butts out onto the land (they don’t decompose) then spend time picking up the ones you see. Pick up as many as you think you threw out. Balance that shit.
If you’ve been opinionated and refused to ever hear or respect another’s perspective or ways, then make it an intentional point and effort to “listen” and to “hear” people, and do your best to see and hear from their perspective.
If you’ve lived a life of addictions … porn, gambling, drugs, alcohol, over-eating .. whatever, be intentional about bringing balance to one-sided and heavy situations.
Undo the negatives. Apologize. Be the bigger person. Let it go. The need to be right all the time.
😊 Being single is a whole nuther life style. Folks who have mates and children can’t really relate … or maybe it’s just me who can’t really relate to folks who have family and children. We are different.
Do any of you remember before kids? When other friends had them, and all of a sudden you didn’t hang out any more? Priorities shift.
My priority is my dog. Others, is their children. My dog is my child. Many cannot understand this, and judge it from their perspective … it’s just a dog… if others don’t like it you should leave it home… you’re having a love affair with your dogs… they don’t value the canine as I do.
Our lives are different
That’s not a bad thing, but it does require the necessity to view things from a different perspective.
Microwave frequencies melt metal … what happens when you put metal in microwave??? It arcs, melts, research microwave smelting. But if you put broccoli in it, it heats up, cooks.
Melted cars (metal) but trees left standing.
These microwave energies melted the metals … in the cars, and in the BODYS of the people.
