What do I stand for? I was asked.  As I pondered the question, it occurred to me that changing times such as these might be the perfect time to check in with myself to see if a reassessment is in order.  So I got quiet and explored the question.  The words “to be Love in all forms” automatically popped into my mind.  If you know me, that’s kind of a no-brainer.  Love can be shown in a myriad of ways and I do try to lead by example when it comes to love.  Love can be the strongest steadfast support and love can be tough enough to tear down walls for another, so they can emerge whole and truly anew.  We humans are love and we are made of love.  We just need to be able to identify and see the shining soul in eachother, instead of the flat ego self… a survival mechanism born of the old system.



My best friend Dorothy always said that Love is an action word.  Sadly, I just lost her as she continues her journey in higher realms.  She was 80 years old and very wise and feisty and I miss her terribly.  She was a warrior and always had a carpet bag full of bible verses or sayings to set me back on track when things went wonky.  She was unconditional love and I feel incredibly lucky to have known her because in doing so, I have known true unconditional love and it’s made a big difference in my life.  I am becoming more and more aware that not many people have been as fortunate as I.  There are people who have never experienced it therefore lacked the ability to recognize it if they had.  I cannot count how many times I committed a brave act of unconditional love and nobody noticed what had just happened.  It was actually kind of stealth of me to do that, but it taught me how lacking we are in a vocabulary of the acknowledgment of love and kindness toward one another in a platonic, soul to soul way.  



A couple decades ago, I did a project with the guidance of my church minister using the book The Path by Laurie Beth Jones (ISBN: 0786882417.)  From the book’s description:



In The Path, best-selling author Laurie Beth Jones provides inspiring and practical advice to lead readers through every step of both defining and fulfilling a mission. With more than ten years' experience in assisting groups and individuals, Jones offers clear, step-by-step guidance that can make writing a mission statement take a matter of hours rather than months or years. 



The exercises in Jones’ book enabled me to identify what was intrinsic to my nature and what was important to me that provided the data to craft my very own personal mission statement.  I mapped out a course, literally drew it out on paper, with the steps I would take to fulfill my purpose.  It showed a slightly meandering path over water via a bridge, avoiding pitfalls and growing from lessons and training.  My Mission Statement went something like this:  To create beauty wherever I go, to instill beauty in my creations and to bring healing to my world.  



In 2017 this blog was rededicated for assistance with the spiritual path.  I wanted to share tools to facilitate the process of walking the path, uncovering gifts along the way.  I also touched on courageous inner work dealing with one’s own shadow.  As I’ve said numerous times here, to move upward in these climbing energies, we must drop our baggage. It is completely understandable to not want to look at what lurks deeply inside us.  Very uncomfortable, and most certainly a painful process, especially as things are accelerating.



It was teachings from Jesus that urged me to look for answers inside myself.  All practiced while working in my garden for years.  Long hours of hard work in quiet contemplation and conversation with spirit.  Many times, when considering the wonders of the Universe, I would see the answer right in front of me, in garden metaphor.  So many observances relating macrocosm to microcosm for me.  Fibonacci sequence and sacred geometry patterning revealing the coding of reality.  I was immersed in a joyful inner world playing with the building blocks of physical reality.  I made note of my results.  My garden responded with joy.  This is evidenced by the many smiles at the abundant life in my garden.  My herbs have brought people and animals healing.  My food production has brought my family and neighbors nutrition and health.  I’ve honed skills that create abundance by working in partnership with the Earth.  This is my ninth year with my garden.  9 is the number of completion.  Big change is happening in my life.  My valuable garden schoolroom with the berry bush beds that I crafted and the pond that I dug by hand will live on and the berries will provide enjoyment to someone for years to come.  



Those berry beds were a problem solving exercise.  They were an engineering challenge.  I think that comes from my Dad.  He is not here in this realm, but I feel him very close.  He was amazing.  He was was so loved by so many.  People sought his advice.  I could always go to him to bounce ideas or search for a solution.  Growing up, he had a barnfull of tools and resources for me to test out.  He was the King of Repurposing.  I may not be the advice-giver my father was, but when someone asks for my help now, I do feel his assistance when information suddenly starts flowing out of my mouth.  



I have a strong creative drive, but maintain a strong grounding to Mother Earth.  I feel most comfortable in the flow of her energy.  These aspects of myself are connected to my Grandmothers.  One was a schoolteacher, an antiques dealer, postmaster and a pillar of her church and community.  The other was creative in all forms of art, and a little nutty.  They both gave me the gift of fairy stories and gardening and being connected to the intelligence that lives among the wildness of nature.  They both taught me how to look at things in their most simple, truest sense, but yet be able to grasp the complexities as those things spiral outward.  They each in their own way brought out my nurturing ability to coax out new growth, allowed me to freely explore my world and taught me to stay true to who I was.



So I guess I am a mix of esoteric, practical, creative and earthy energies with an aim toward problem-solving and healing.  I am a little hesitant to state that so strongly, mainly because one of my biggest lessons was to show me that as soon as I characterize something, it changes.. and my assessment becomes stale and stagnant moments after the words came out of my mouth.  I think that was to instill a certain vigilance in me, to keep my head up, my eyes open, and watch for the signs in a world that is changing at breakneck speed.  Mindfulness must be practiced within oneself first, and then projected outward.  Always ground in who you are and what you stand for, first.  Then the tumultuous waves will not loosen your foothold as you probe into the new world.  



I was told yesterday that a thousand Angels lend their voices to mine.  Not sure if that meant from the Angelic Realm or from all of you human angelic warriors here on Earth… which may be the same thing I suspect.  I promise to share direction and provide guidance as it comes to me, and tools that can help address issues as they arise.  A friend recently got a peek at my spiritual toolbox and came back and yelled, “Teach!”  I make no claims that I am an expert, but I do try to share in order to help us move forward in a solid manner.  We are creating a new realm in partnership with Mother Earth.  The Divine Feminine is rising to be firmly represented, where she was always meant to be.  She works in partnership with the Divine Masculine as an equal.  They were created by God to instill balance and maintain harmony.  Thus the new engines of creation churn onward, driven by a wondrous new machine, blessed by God, in partnership with Mother Earth, and stewarded by We The Guardians.  I promise to do my best, in the best possible way, to be of service.   



I’ve reworked my Mission Statement.  Although I am still tweaking it, it may be a valid representation of what I stand for.  This new one is five-fold:  

1. To continue to create beauty in all ways possible.

2. To be Love in all forms.

3. To harmonize and bring healing.

4. To provide my human family with tools and guidance.

5. To provide assistance and support to my partner to the best of my ability. 

The Navajo Walk in Beauty Prayer


In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
It has become beauty again
Hózhóogo naasháa dooShitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa dooShikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa dooShideigi hózhóogo naasháa dooT’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa dooHózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’
Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever, nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.
In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful…