THE TRANSITION OF SEASONS...

My birthday, just over the cusp of Aquarius and Pisces on the astrological charts, is a moment in the timeless Universe that heads us into the arms of Springtime.  On the day that commemorates for me an ever-renewing image of Life, I received many extraordinary messages from friends--friends both familiar and friends newly acquired through social networks.  I share a few of these messages with you now, as signs of changing times on our journey.  For me, each speaks to yet another Springtime, a Springtime filled with budding consciousness of all sizes and shapes, and of all colors and descriptions.  Many thanks to those many who illumine our hearts and minds. 

From LA, from Alice in Wonderland:

Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said. "One can't believe in impossible things."

"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen.  "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why sometimes I've believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast." 

From D & B, with a photograph of a tortoise coming out of the sand on the cover:

"This made me think or your Creation Spirit, and how we emerge and create every day.  All days being birth days." 

From S, quoting St. Teresa of Avila:

"Just these two words He spoke

change my life,

'Enjoy Me.'

What a burden I thought I was to carry--

a crucifix, as did He.

Love once said to me, 'I know a song,

would you like to hear it?'

And Laughter came from every brick in the street

and from every pore

in the sky.

After a night of prayer, He

changed my life when

He sang,

'Enjoy Me.'"

And this, from C and R, quoting Deepak Chopra:

Tune into the presence of miracles, and in

an instant, life can be transformed into a  

dazzling experience, more wondrous and

exciting than we could even imagine.  

AND OF CONSCIOUSNESS...

Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson

Said by Nelson Mandela at his inauguration

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness

That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves

Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small

Does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking

So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine,

As children do.

We were born to make manifest

The glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us;

It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,

We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we're liberated from our own fear,

Our presence automatically liberates others.

FEED ON THIS ONE...

The time has come for you to shine with

Grace and dignity.

The business of this world has kept you

Confined far too long.

Break free from those responsibilities that you

Hold as your own.

Release them from your list of assumed obligations.

Allow the sun of a new day to shine its

Freedom upon your face.

Give the innocent child a voice and let her sing out the

movement of her true being.

I know there are things inside of you that

Desperately need to be expressed.

I see them in your tears and your agonizing

frustrations.

There is a happening, a stirring within your soul that

Must be set free.

A flower holds its own beauty, a scent,

An essence of what it can become.

When it finds the strength to

Shake off the dew of night and is

Kissed by the sun of a new day,

It opens itself up to the wind and

Emits its true glory.

(Author unknown)