Investigating our Aliveness

Don't be afraid to be a mystery to yourself.  So many times we do things or take certain directions that we don't understand.  It is only much later that we see how that action fits perfectly and inevitably to the overall pattern of our life.  That is why it is so important to be willing to take a chance on our inspiration, our intuition, our hunger.  When we override our deepest desires with 'practical, reasonable' considerations we are not only wasting our time, we are passing up precious opportunities that will not come again.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    Reginald Ray



Unfurling petals.  Continuing to breath open to see.  Blooming further into myself, I can't seem to lose this intense itch.  Like decaying flowers -- falling open, or falling about somewhat awkwardly, free from agility, but free and true.  I keep pulling out that string from that unfurling hem.  Pulling out stitches, knowing that my dress is falling apart, but I just can't help it.  I want to see what will happen.  I have been staring for a while at this string and turning away, allowing my ideas of what should be, stop me.

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I am seeing where my hunger leads.  Making small shifts so I can live in "free"dom all the time.  Serving our peoples and animals with the wild flora and elemental world ~ inherent to our well-being on so many levels.  Practicing listening and being here.  Being creative and loving.  Being decadent and raw.  Being chaos and order.  Sharing.

Learning how to be alive on my terms.

What are your terms of being alive?  
What do you need to feel alive?  

from my boundless heart to your boundless heart . . .