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Scales&Wings

My daily ramblings and thoughts that I'm not sharing elsewhere.

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Location: S.E. Georgia, Georgia, United States

I'm a Soap Artisan, Heretic, Witch, Cunning-Woman, Pellor, Mother, Wife, Daughter, Lover of the Old Ways.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

What Tarot card are you?

I saw this on my friend Jet's Live-Journal, and thought, "What they hey?!" and I took it. Not sure that I feel like "The Sun" card -- Hmm. Will have to think on this some.

The Sun Card
You are the Sun card. The light of the Sun reveals
all. The Sun is joyful and bright, without fear
or reservation. The childish nature of the Sun
allows you to play and feel free. Exploration
can truly take place in the light of day when
nothing is hidden. The Sun's rays fill you with
energy so that you may live life to its
fullest, milking pleasure out of each day. Such
joy and energy can bring wealth and physical
pleasure. To shine in the light of day is to
have confidence, to soak up its rays is to feel
the freedom of a child. Image from: Stevee
Postman. http://www.stevee.com/


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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Disconnected

I'm hopeful that I can swing myself out of this current phase I'm in. I feel disconnected, I really do. I can usually always count on feeling spiritually alive, even if it's a deep internal feeling. Right now I just feel... well... I'm not sure how to articulate it. Not really empty. I guess just lonely... disconnected. It's just been a hard road this last year -- for everyone close to me. Intense times, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I think I need to build a fire outside and just go, sit and be. My friend who follows a Huichol Indian spiritual path is having a Fire-Circle this coming weekend, but I cannot attend due to a family baby shower. ::: sigh ::: There's just always something going on... you know?

That's ok -- I just keep putting one foot in front of the other one, and keep faith.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Ok, so I'm a loser!!!

Yes, I'm horrible at blogging it appears. Pretty much the same way I've always been with diaries as well.

So, what is on my mind? Right now I'm so over the constant bickering in the local Christian community over people "taking their rights away." Last I checked they still has the freedom to chose what religion they wish to follow, what church they go to, what holidays they celebrate, how they can decorate their home, what cards they wish to mail out, what bumper stickers they want to put on their car, what tshirts they wish to wear with whatever sayings they desire --- sounds pretty "free" to me. Doesn't it? So why the craziness over saying "Happy Holidays" over "Merry Christmas?" It just gets them going over and over again... and then you start hearing things like, "Oh the NONBELIEVERS are just taking over, they are taking our rights away, they are taking Christ away from all of us" and "yadda, yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah." :::: sigh :::: I'm really over it all. It makes me just want to say "FRIG IT ALL! BAH-HUMBUG!" and cover up with a quilt and hibernate for the winter.

I don't know where this is all going in our country, this constant fight between the Christian right, and the rest of "us" -- especially we "non-believers". I fear what the future of our country will be in the next 20-40 years. What will it be like for my child, for all of our children? I just don't know.

So, I sit here in my living room, a non-Christian, with all of my "Christmas" (Yule really) decorations up, including our tree and such -- believing in my heart of hearts that all this hoopla over saying " Happy holidays" or "Merry Christmas" completely misses the point of Spirit, the Gods, the Ancestors -- and the fact that we are all interconnected, and "in this" (meaning life on earth) together -- pondering what will come next in this cold winter time.

... maybe something yummy like "Abuelita's" hot chocolate. Hey, I'm a dreamer after all.