Another SparkPeople inspirational email:

Sometimes it seems like we're always putting off our goals until some vague time in the future called "Once". "Once the New Year rolls around...", "Once I have my new job...", "Once I retire...", "Once the kids are in school...", "Once the kids are OUT of school..." Sound familiar? By waiting for Once to ( Read more... )

I just finished my formal severance review with an HR manager who I've worked with the entire five+ years I've been with MyCo. She asked me what my plans are, and I told her.

She's interested in doing spiritual direction with me.

She gave me her personal email and I'm going to follow up with her next week after my move.

*boggle/wow!

I try very hard to take responsibility for all my actions and their consequences.

Right now, as I have to rely on myself more than ever before due to my efforts to transform myself from an employee to a business owner, this is a good reminder.

We all need support from other people. Love, encouragement, words of advice and friendship will help ( Read more... )

Last night was truly, utterly awful -- but as usual my occasional low points and crashes have been cured by a good night's sleep ( Read more... )

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Today was supposed to be dedicated to three tasks ( Read more... )

SagittariusThe world is poised at the threshold of a great choice: Should we stick with what has worked for us, even though it's not working any more? Or should we experiment with possibilities that may work for us in the future, even though they don't have a track record? You, Sagittarius, can and should be a leader in this epic adventure. The ( Read more... )

Every time I prepare to sit with someone as a spiritual director or to do a tarot reading I worry that I'm not going to be able to say anything -- or bring anything through -- that will actually be of value to the other person, actually justify their honoring me with their time, their story, their trust. . . their money ( Read more... )

I'm going to be using tarot in a consultation this morning, so I got out my beloved Robin Wood deck (the source of my former default userpic), and started dividing it into Major Arcana and suits to be sure I hadn't pulled one for meditation and forgotten to put it back ( Read more... )

1. Drop a couple of testimonials into the brochure for my spiritual direction practice and get it printed.

2. Re-read Tivka Frymer-Kensky's In the Wake of the Goddesses to refresh/refine my understanding of gender, politics and religion in the ancient Near East ( Read more... )