An Unforgettable Time of Growth

Dear, Dear Friends and Family,
 
As we go continue through this emotional, unforgettable time in our lives . . . in our country . . . in our world, I find myself going up and down and up and down emotionally. When I look at my comfortable life and warm home I wonder “why?”
Well, remember, we are a “herd species”. This means that, whether we recognize it or not, we are sensitive to those around us. I know the left brain folks (intellectuals), don’t want to hear “whoowhoo” stuff, but, as a species we are intuitive to the feelings/emotions of those around us, whether we are aware of it or not. This human (and most mammals) quality has allowed our species to survive and grow. Think about it.
 
Now, in this time, astrologer, David Pond, says: “The cosmic weather is charged with electrifying energy, with a sudden release of built up tension . . . like the energy of earthquakes and lightning storms. At the personal level, for those who can skillfully handle this intense energy, it can lead to breakthroughs, innovative discoveries, and rapid evolution and growth.” 
WHEW! That’s a mouthful!
        So how do we skillfully handle all the energy and emotion we feel around us?
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO!
 
Yes . . . STOP . . . BREATHE DEEPLY.
GROUND OURSELVES INTO THE EARTH. 
GET OURSELVES OUTSIDE AND LET NATURE SOOTHE US . . . and WEAR OUR MASK WHEN WE’RE AROUND OTHERS.
 
Singer, and friend, Shawn Gallaway, wrote a song about this time (even though he wrote it in the 1980’s). Here’s the chorus:
           “For the winter’s storm will soon be over
           The season of fear . . . gone with the night
           As the new day begins we’ll discover
           The light in our heart
           Blooming into love . . . the sign of spring
           The Awakening!”
 
  Go to YouTube to watch the video and listen to Shawn Gallaway singing “The Great Awakening” at:
 
Joe Biden says: “LET’S DO IT . . . TOGETHER!”
 
 
       So it’s an exciting and life changing time . . . sometimes scary . . . as people die of COVID 19. And sometimes it’s soul touching as we watch the inauguration ceremony for Joe and Kamala. I had tears in my eyes and hope in my heart as I watched Lady GaGa, and Jennifer Lopez, sing our beloved national songs.
And then, tears again, watching the twenty two year old Amanda Gorman reciting her poem of hope and resolve for the country.
I had a deep sense that Joe and Kamala were really speaking from a place of resolve, and truth, and heart about how they plan to grow our country to a new place of balance and protection for all beings and the land.
 
Yes, I know I’ve been a democrat forever, but no matter what our political leanings, we all agree that we’ve been quite out of balance for the last years, and I strongly feel that now we have an opportunity to come together and rebuild our country to the truth and inspiration, that the whole rest of the world is waiting for, and that we have been in the past. And I intuitively feel that we now have leaders that will strive for this . . . for the good of all.
 
So there’s my honest heart. And I so hope I don’t offend anyone with my openness. 
 
On the personal level, I know how sensitive I am to others. That’s what makes me a good therapist for the last forty five years. So it’s a time to really pay attention to the emotions that pass through me. Are they mine? Or do they belong to the woman behind me at the grocery store, with three school-age children, trying to figure out how to get them through online schooling! Or maybe they are the churning in the heart of my client/friend who just came from hours and hours of surgery at the hospital for the polyps found in his colon . . . or maybe feeling the favorite neighbor who just found out he had throat cancer?
 
Sometimes ten or fifteen times in a day, I suddenly find myself fast or shallow breathing for, seemingly no reason at all. And then I remember:
 
BREATHE . . . . . ANCHOR MYSELF
. . . . . KEEP MY HEART OPEN
 
 THIS IS PROBABLY NOT MINE!
 
 IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN HELP? . . .
A SMILE . . . A HUG (ELBOW BUMP)
 
 DO I NEED A WALK?
 
Let’s all stay together. Mask-up when playing together. Lets hold “virtual” hands . . . open our hearts.  Allow the learning, the growth, and the regeneration to build inside us.
Sometimes we can be quiet . . . contemplating. If tears come . . . welcome them . . . let the release happen.
THIS, THEN, IS GROWTH.
 
Sending Deep Warmth to you all,
     Kathleen
 
PS: Yes, I am still doing treatments; Cranial, Lymphatic, Essential Oils, Massage, Polarity Therapies one day a week, Fridays, out of our home in beautiful Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. Give me a call if you’d like some nurturing, pain release, brain balancing, or would just like to take a walk around the lake . . . Donation only.
 
 
 

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