By way of Hecate I came across T. Thorn Coyle's musings on the subject of making ourselves strong to prepare for possible hardship to come. I tend to get my knickers in a twist worrying well enough about things happening in my own little sphere of the world; thinking too much about the "persistent current of impending doom" is enough to send me over the edge. But I also don't believe in being an ostrich with my head in the sand either. So what Thorn has to say struck a chord in me. Particularly this:

How are you in a crisis? What are you doing to get stronger? Are you doing more yoga? Lifting more weights? Are you looking at your propensity to explode or to hide? Are you figuring out how to bolster your alternative communities into more viable networks of support? Are you learning to govern yourself? Learning to garden? Buying less? Re-using more? Are you learning not to always place the blame on other people? Are you telling your friends how much you appreciate them? Are you crying when you need to and laughing when you wish? Stopping to smell the flowers? Are you spreading beauty as far and wide as possible? Pick two from this random list, or add two of your own. But do them. Two of them. At least.

Doom only spells doom if we let it. We should throw parties in the coming year and go dancing. We should also sit longer spells in meditation and at our altars. We should make it into a wild space at least once, and support those who are defending the last of our wild spaces. We should feed strangers. We should get as physically and mentally healthy as we can.

Have what you need and need what you have. A cold wind may blow, but we can keep each other warm.

Not only does this resonate with messages that have been coming out through the shamanic work I've been doing but it fits with my own personal conviction that with this new year comes a new attitude about my life, my health, my magick. I too am going to start doing yoga again. I'm going to start the new year with a healing cleanse. I am going to stop making excuses for not making my practice of the craft a natural part of every day. I am going to be more present in my own damn life!

What are you going to do?

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 9:07 AM