Back to the Real World!

We've been back in Florida for a mere three days, and already I'm teetering over the ledge of Overwhelmdom. I'm fighting to stay sane amidst the chaos, though, and finding help wherever it appears to me in my daily readings. This morning I read something which reminded me that keeping a gratitude list and finding daily life stuff to add each day is a priceless and peace inducing endeavor. My own gratitude journal has sat unattended on the kitchen bar for several days, just waiting for me to scrabble pen across page. I really need to start that back up again, because seeking blessing in each day helps me to reframe the events of every twenty four hours. It's a wonderful activity, and sometimes the craziness of life takes me away from it. I need to make a conscious decision to nudge myself back.

With fall fast approaching, the scent of Mabon is drifting through the air. I don't know if I'll make it to any of the community festivities, but I'm going to pull some books off the shelf and blow the dust off some recipes, crafts and such. I reconnected with my inner Goddess during my northward trip (funny how being home sometimes has the power to remind us of who we truly are), who gently reminded me to pay more attention to my outward Goddess as well. This lead to my daughter asking me why I pay attention to so many different spiritual traditions. I told her that I believe spiritual truths lay hidden in more than one place, that religions provide pathways to the Divine. Many will disagree, but I find myself troubled by the idea of only one group of people having the key to spirituality. It's been weighing on me, and I've missed my more rounded spiritual approach. I love honoring the different ancestral traditions which form the tapestry of my family. When I pull out one thread and discard it, the whole picture seems to turn grey and fall apart. I can't explain it, but time and again I've found this to be true.

And now, it's time to get rockin' and rollin' once again!!!! Homeschooling needs to happen, laundry must be attended to, artistic muses cry out for creativity, and I'm thankful for the blessing of having a high energy personality. Sometimes.



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