To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” ― Aristotle “I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone who is always critical. So I am going to stop being my own critic. It's high time that I accept all the great things about me.” C. JoyBell C. “Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.” ― Edith Sitwell = The day starts out with rain again. Nothing seems to ease the pain, the constant waves of crisis, of chaos that we seem to face yet another day. The world, the universe, the atmosphere seems permeated, tangible with battles, with anger, with disease, with problems that need to be faced, to be tackled yet again. There is not one day where we don’t seem to have yet again another issue to find the answers, the right way to handle this situation. Yet we plow in. We ask questions, we seek spiritual ways to handle things, we put our heart into it. Then we are hit. Not by more problems, not by spiritual darkness, but by the very people who should be giving support. It is so easy for some to sit by, do nothing, or wait until riding in like the knight on a white horse, comes in to criticize, to create even more problems because the day in, the day out, realities of the situation, need tending to as a tiny baby needs constant care, not just a little attention scattered through here, there. Good news!! Only people who are doing nothing, can sit, decide what the other should be done, but when we do with our heart, when we do with love, when we do with what the Great Spirit tells us to do, we can sleep at night, we can lay our head down with the knowledge that every day we do the best we can do, have loved with all our heart, we are being “me”, an important child of the universe, unique in our own right, and own way. Take criticism with good heart, listen to what some say, there are jewels in among the trash, then toss away, loving ourselves.
Animal totems: Black panther popped up first thing on my computer today. Beautiful sleek, fast cat, he moves quickly into action. Bro Panther is an ancient and very powerful totem. Aggressiveness, power, Moon energy of magick. Panther is nocturnal. Panther is solitary, loving himself even if others criticize . His medicine teaches us to trust our own instincts. Visions, as yesterday’s reality in not today’s, and today’s is not tomorrows.
I am off this am in order to go spend time with my ailing parents. I will return back this afternoon as early as I can. I look forward to sharing with each person spirit sends me to help on their path. May the fairies dance around each of us today. Love ya, Me Cherokee, Cidro, Frankiecapone, SugarFortune Cookie, t and the Sweet precious spirits of pups Bob and Bets.