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Cherokee Rose

Published April 26, 2022 by tindertender

So you can still find the Cherokee Rose growing and rambling wild throughout the southeastern United States, the Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) got its common name from its association with the Cherokee tribe. Growing wild along the path the Cherokee people took to the Oklahoma territory during the 1838 Trail of Tears, the white flowers of the Cherokee rose were said to represent the tears of the Cherokee people who were driven out of their homelands. Still a common sight in the South, Cherokee rose is an easy to grow plant.

However, one will find , that it’s actually native to China, Taiwan, Laos and Vietnam, and was brought to this country. Where Cherokee Rose plants had come to naturalized in the southeastern part of the United States. Which is a climbing rose. In the wild, one can find, that its stems can grow up to 20 feet (6 m.). In the home landscape, the plants are usually pruned to about 6 feet (1.8 m.) and grown as hedges.

Here are some other facts about the Cherokee Rose.

One can say, that the Cherokee Rose is often overlooked as a symbol of the state of Georgia by many for the peach, the state fruit. However, one will find that the Center for Georgia Studies decided to incorporate the Cherokee Rose into their logo because it offers something new and unique at the time.

We have had said, that the story, legend about the Cherokee Rose, was first told around 1881, then later brought up around 1891-1892, then it was brought up in 1895and then around 1910-1911, it started growing as an idea to make it the Georgia state flower.

So the Cherokee Rose became Georgia ‘s official state “floral emblem” by virtue of a joint resolution of the General Assembly and approved by Governor Nathaniel Harris on Aug. 18, 1916 . One reason, why the Cherokee Rose was selected as state flower , was because it had come to represent the removal of the Cherokee from the state in 1838 on what is now known as the “Trail of Tears.” The white petals represent the clans of the Cherokee and the yellow center represents the gold for which the land was stolen. The Cherokee Rose still grows along the route the Cherokees followed westward to the Oklahoma Territory .

You will find , that it’s a high-climbing shrub, the wild Cherokee Rose frequently has stems up to 20 feet long. It is excessively thorny and has plentiful vivid green leaves. Each blossom is borne singly on a lateral branch. However, one will find, that the Cherokee Rose has a short blooming season, which usually starts in late March and April. The fruit is pear-shaped and bristly. It can occasionally be found growing along roadsides, on fences, and waste places in the Coastal Plains and Piedmont of the deep South. Its blooming time is in the early spring, however, if there are favorable conditions in the fall , it will produce a second flowering . In color, this luxurious rose is a waxy white with a large golden center. The petals are of an exquisite velvety texture. Because of its hardy nature, the plant is well adapted to hedge purposes and has been used extensively in this fashion throughout the South.

Just as the Cherokee Rose, is a plant which is a sturdy and strong with stickers on all stems, which it will defy anything which tries to destroy it. So just as the plant protects and has protected it blossoms , it goes present how the Cherokee women and mothers have had and have the courage and determination to protect their children, who would
Andwill lead the Cherokee people, Cherokee Nation in the years to come.

So the Cherokee rose is not a miracle. However, it’s a symbol of strength, hope, prickly beauty and determination of the Cherokee People. However, there will be sadness. There will be death. There were and will be the times, when they did and there will be those times in future, that our people will need courage to keep going. The Cherokee rose , is just one thing that helps to reminds t

So the legend came about and according to legend, the white Cherokee Rose, grew everywhere a Cherokee tear fell on the sad Trail of Tears. Today, the flowers continue to grow wildly along many of the trails that the various American Indians-Native American tribes took on their long journey westward to Oklahoma reservations.

So just as the Cherokee Rose, plant is a sturdy and strong with stickers on all stems, which it will defy anything which tries to destroy it. The Cherokee Mothers and Women, do the same.

Just as the plant protects and has protected it blossoms , it goes represent how the Cherokee women and mothers have had and have the courage and determination to protect their children, who would and will lead the Cherokee Nation in the years to come.

So the Cherokee rose is not a miracle. However, it’s a symbol of strength, hope, prickly beauty and determination of the Cherokee People and especially, the Cherokee Women. However, there will be sadness. There will be death. There were and will be the times, when they did and there will be those times in future, that our people will need courage to keep going. The Cherokee rose , is just one thing that helps to reminds them of that.

April 16, 2022

Published April 16, 2022 by tindertender

Focus on how far you have come, not how far you have to go. You will find help in unexpected places.

Affirmation: I am a beautiful, courageous traveler on a journey toward ultimate happiness. I am grateful for how far I have come and how much I’ve been given. I am grateful for the companions I find along the way. I will remember that I have been placed on this Earth to discover what I really want to do and to be true to myself. I will find my own way and I will live my dream.

Warrior

There is a time to rest and a time to rise. Today you might need to summon a great strength of purpose. The spirit of Boudicca, the legendary Celtic warrior queen is with you. She holds steadfast, knowing just the right time to claim her victory and stand her ground in adversity. Her strength is in her soft side and she offers forth various gifts of energy and focus. Breathe with her into the calmness that you need for this difficult phase and explore her many animal totems if you feel drawn to them. Her shield and spear flash with pyrite, the ultimate protection stone. It will shield you from negative energies in the environment and within, strengthening the auric field.

Love That You Are Different

You have strengths and weaknesses, and both are worthy of love. Know them, honor them, and do not heed those who tell you that you must change in order to fulfill their expectation of you. You will never be who others expect you to be.you can only be the unique individual you are meant to be. Love that you are different for it is your differences, and loving those differences, that make you truly beautiful.

Clear Endeavor

Something you truly desire requires a bigger commitment from you. This could be physical, emotional or mental. Identify what your needs are at this time. Actually commit to this goal and be willing to put in the time to make it become reality. Commitment plus hard work will assist in bringing your goals to completion. Once you decide, give your best to everything that you do. It gives plenty of new opportunities for you to reach your goals in no time. Pay attention to signs along the way as nature works to assist you.

Move Beyond Ancestral Patterns

You have the capacity to move beyond the limitations that have been placed upon you. If you have had expectations of success, failure, sadness or even sickness placed upon you by your family, it’s important to know that you are here to create your own story. You will undergo personal healing that will bring healing to your family lineage, past, present and future. Know that you get to decide what you take on. Also know that your ancestors are rooting for you and are sorry for any setbacks they have created for you.

Recognize the Call

You are catching a glimpse of creative, sexual, and spiritual possibilities. Right now you are being given a general view. Focus and concentration, zeroing in on one aspect, will come later. You are being magnetically drawn toward fulfillment. This could be a period of excitement and anticipation, accompanying a feeling of readiness.

A possible pitfall at this stage is the tendency to trade your creative/sexual/spiritual energy for money, acceptance by another, or to set it aside for a philosophy. In other words, there is a possibility for self-denial. Instead, you must recognize your potential and seek only to find ways to unite it successfully with the powers of others and the world. The more you dwell on your highest vision, the more you will counteract this tendency toward self-denial and draw support toward yourself.

Prayer

Great Spirit, I see many possibilities. You have given me a world that is full. Let me know what you would wish from me this day, what work my life may accomplish. I am setting aside things of distraction, that I might hear your words and receive your vision. Guide me along the way that will accomplish your goals. Lead me into relationship with all who will illumine my way.

One Side of Polarity

Published February 9, 2022 by tindertender

I am not a destroyer. I am love. Even those who have tried to render me gone, can say thru all the harm they’ve done to me, I never once threw a punch or tried to retaliate in a way that would hurt another. I can withstand much. We’ll see if they force my polarity. It’s not like they haven’t been trying.

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Becoming Braver

Published January 4, 2022 by tindertender

“After a fall such as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they’ll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn’t say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!”

Alice is brave. And so are you. With everything that has taken place in your life of late, you have often felt overwhelmed, challenged and uncertain of whether you could cope with very much more. But you have shown great courage, and perhaps even more wonderfully, you’ve developed so much resilience. Because of the extreme nature of the events and experiences you have been working with, you will now be able to deal with all manner of circumstances with great calm and stoicism. And this is no small thing!

Being challenged in quite radical ways can see some people retreat entirely from life. But you, like Alice, can see one of the aspects of working through adversity is realizing just how much you can do. You have been stretched, pushed and gone right to the very edges of what you know about yourself – and you have come to know yourself far better, far more deeply, than if you had not had these great and sometimes rather terrible adventures.

Most of all, please know these truths: You are strong, you are brave, you are resilient. You have been dignified, graceful, and remained curious under the greatest sorts of pressures. This has been, in many ways, your finest hour. And you will be able to set an amazing example when life returns to something just a little closer to what most people call normal!

You have been tested. The development of strength and resilience through courageous meetings of challenges. The demonstration of great character. The acknowledgement of how much you have learned. The ability to cope with so many little things, due to a great ordeal endured with grace, dignity and humor. Testing times shows true character.

Artwork by Jasmine Becket-Griffith

~ the Alice Wonderland oracle by Lucy Cavendish

Bees Resilient

Published November 30, 2021 by tindertender

Like an enforced hibernation, many of the beehives on La Palma in the Canary Islands were buried under volcanic ash after the Cumbre Vieja erupted in late September.

These six hives were situated just 600 meters from the volcano. When they were finally dug out from under a meter of ash on Nov. 6, rescuers – who suffered a sting here and there – found that five of the six hives had survived, with hundreds of thousands of bees undoubtedly happy to see blue skies again.

They had sealed themselves in by creating propolis, a resinous material with which they plugged any gaps, and were able to survive on their food reserves, as the owner had not yet collected the summer honey.

~ The Bee Report by Matt Kelly (https://thebeereport.substack.com/)

Choose Wisely

Published November 7, 2021 by tindertender

I once asked a very successful woman to share her secret with me. She smiled and said to me…

“I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights with small fighters.

I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me…

I stopped fighting with my in laws…

I stopped fighting for attention…

I stopped fighting to meet peoples expectation of me…

I stopped fighting for my rights with inconsiderate people…

I stopped fighting to please everyone…

I stopped fighting to prove they were wrong about me…

I left such fights for those who have nothing else to fight…

And I started fighting for
my vision,
my dreams,
my ideas and
my destiny.

The day I gave up on small fights is the day I started becoming successful and so much more content.”

Some fights are not worth your time…..

Choose what you fight for wisely.

Can you hear me, O Goddess!

Published March 8, 2021 by tindertender

Sweet virgin of the forests who hunts the night under the glow of the moon.

Terrible lady who avenges harm against the young.

Daughter of Heaven

Can you hear me as I ask that you walk with me and bring into my life your many divine blessings?

Let my songs reach you!

Accompanied by the sweet scents of fruits and herbs that I burn upon this altar.

Let my prayers be heard!

Accompanied by my sincerest wish that all upon this sacred Earth be touched by your beneficence.

Let my hopes flow!

That all know peace of mind.

If you hear me, O Artemis, and your will aligns with mine, I ask of you that boon!

Grant us the willingness to temper that part of ourselves more animal than man!

Grant us the will to make it happen!

For in our hearts is your light if only we choose to let it shine forth.

Source: https://twitter.com/hellenicprayer?s=21

Image: https://lifeonartemis.fandom.com/wiki/Artemis_(goddess)

Good Morning My Loves

Published February 20, 2021 by tindertender

I hope this morning finds you well, warm and comforted in the many ways possible, your desires being met.

I woke to a warm house, what a blessing after six days spent in 35 degrees, the luxury of the things power provides missing for that time.

Today I travel to my fathers house in the piney woods, where I will load my car to the maximum with firewood for when the electricity goes out again. I will do this every time I visit him, creating a stockpile … if not for Self, then for whomever is present in this space should I transition.

I Am so grateful for those recent six days, for it has allowed me knowledge of the things I have done which helped in the situation, and given opportunity to recognize the things I can collect for the next time, to make it more comfortable for Self, my pets, and anyone who is present with me.

With great gratitude I thank those who have participated in the manufacturing of suffering, for they present an opportunity to grow stronger … testing our resilience.

I understand no one wants to hear this, but I was told while coming awake from a sleep that half the life upon this planet is going to be eliminated. This message came from those who introduced themselves as “the satan”.

It is a hard truth.

Please take advantage of each test to build your resilience, to collect that which is needed to make your life more comfortable, and survivable, in the coming days.

Goodwill and other thrift stores have blankets, used candles (which can be melted down and reformed into votives) among many other things that are handy in times such as are coming.

Remember to wake and create a mental note of that which you are grateful for. Do not allow your mind to slip into misery … misery feeds the beast.

I love you.

Empower yourselves, and remember you are fully capable of withstanding the storm.

It will get worse before it gets better.

Chin up ….

You are a portion of Source Creator.

You are the savior you’ve been waiting for.

Communicate with those who have weathered the cold climates for many years. Gain knowledge from them. Band together, share your experiences, learn from each other.

Each one, standing in their power, assists so many.

You’ve got this!

Rise.

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Connected ~ Who’s in Control?

Published February 18, 2021 by tindertender

You can’t stop a woman who has the universe inside her.

Yes, her dream states may be manipulated.

There may be those in the astral who attempt to shame her.

Their seeming intention is to make her feel weak and vulnerable.

All that does is show their own frustration at their inability to manipulate her waking state.

She remains in joy.

She sheds all attempts to make her feel shame.

She recognizes her power by the sneaky hidden ones frustrations, shown by their influence in the astral. In the dream state.

Their power ends there.

Fully conscious, she chooses self-love. Not perverted, but fresh, whole and free.

Strong efforts are made to cause the praying woman shame and humiliation.

The night is the night, and the day is the day.

They may influence the dream state.

But she knows who she is.

She has SEEN herself, true.

She is LOVE.

She is PURE.

She is INNOCENCE.

She is SACRED.

She is here to remind the manipulators they have no authority here.

Their influence ends once she enters fully into consciousness.

Their power is shallow and vague at best.

She releases all burdens attempted on her.

She sheds any and all fragments of the perverted unseen.

And she goes on to live a fabulous, love filled day, knowing full well the guardians and guides she has called upon are with her always.

Life is life.

Seen, unseen.

1. Law of divine oneness

The law of divine oneness is the MVP of the universal laws, in that it’s the one upon which all others build. This law states that we are all connected through creation, Every single atom inside of you is connected in some way, shape, or form to the rest of the universe you move through.

This means that everything we do has a ripple effect and impacts the collective—not just ourselves. To call upon this principle for self-improvement, simply remember that your actions both matter and make a difference.

2. Law of vibration

Everything in the universe has a frequency and a vibration, Nothing ever stands still, as everything is always either being pushed away or pulled toward something. Furthermore, items of a similar vibration are attracted to each other. So, to use this law to manifest your desires, you must match your vibration with that of what you want.

3. Law of correspondence

The premise behind the law of correspondence is that our lives are created by the subconscious patterns we repeat every single day, and these patterns either serve us or hold us back. Activate this law by becoming aware of your own patterns, which are often passed down via family ties, and then consciously taking action steps to break them.

4. Law of attraction

This is the law of vibration in action. Many people get scared by the notion that bad thoughts or low vibrations can somehow destroy their life because they’re unaware. The law is not a punishment, but a very clear mirror of our self-worth and mind-set. You’re surrounded by the outcome of decisions you’ve made in the past and are fully capable of making other decisions and attracting a different set of circumstances.

5. Law of inspired action

While the law of attraction is about vibrationally aligning yourself with whatever it is you want, the law of inspired action is about taking—you guessed it—action in order to bring what you want to fruition. So you can certainly create vision boards, but Wilder says taking physical steps to move you closer to your vision is much more crucial.

6. Law of perpetual transmutation of energy

This law means that even the smallest action can have a profound effect. Like the seed of a mighty tree holds all its promise in its tiny shell, you also have the power within you to move mountains.

To put the law into action on a practical level, it is recommended to do small things every day that uplift you, whether that’s singing in the shower, dancing like nobody’s watching, or anything else. Remember, small shifts equal major results.

7. Law of cause and effect

The law of cause and effect, also known as the law of karma, states that any action causes a reaction, and that whatever you put out—good or bad—you get right back. To harness the power of this law, be aware of how your actions and decisions are affecting not just yourself but everyone around you, and focus on sending out good vibes only.

8. Law of compensation

The law of compensation is about reaping what you sow. It instills trust in us that we will be compensated for our work as long as we’re open to receiving in all the many ways that the universe can deliver.

To be clear, compensation in this sense isn’t limited to employment arrangements or financial compensation. Rather, it’s about receiving compensation for all your contributions to the world around you, including the love, joy, and kindness you spread; it is all rewarded.

9. Law of relativity

Nothing and no one is inherently good or bad. Everything is a spectrum of expression, and there is more than one perspective on any situation or challenge. In other words, we are the ones who assign meaning to things, so we can choose to regard things as “bad” or as happening in our favor.

10. Law of polarity

Everything has a polar opposite: If there’s an up, there’s a down. If there’s light, there’s dark. One cannot exist without the other. Experiencing these polarities is part of the human experience, and that they also help us learn from our mistakes and support us in identifying what we don’t want so we can get clearer on what we do want.

11. Law of perpetual motion

The law of perpetual motion tells us that everything is forever changing and our job is to embrace the ride. If life is tough and challenging, know that it will change. If everything is peachy, then savor the moment, but don’t try to make it last beyond the natural order of things. Each stage of life has tremendous gifts to offer.

12. The law of giving and receiving

The energies of giving and receiving operate within all of us, and in order to create flow, they need to be in balance. To work with this law is to recognize where in your life the balance between giving and receiving is off. You have to allow both sides in you to have their say and get their way.