Yuletide

May your dreams come true this Yuletide,

May your family be well this Yuletide,

May your best self break through this Yuletide,

May your life excel this Yuletide.

Spiders

"Eyes of Jumping spider - Marpissa radiata" by Lukas Jonaitis licensed under CC BY 2.0



"Dew on a spider's web in the morning" by Luc Viatour licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Ruling your Universe

Each of us is ruling their own little Universe. Many things are possible and doable in your own Universe, as long as they don't violate other people's Universes.

Gracefulness

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.

~ George Will

Photo: "Jack of Hearts II" by Cat Mapper (Max Ogden), licensed under CC0 1.0

Gazing into the eyes of another living being

Magic of the winter night

The earth is wrapped in fallen snow, with silence all around.
It's not the snowflakes but my dreams keep falling on the ground.

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Zhang Daoling riding a tiger

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Kulning - Ancient Swedish herdingcall

Imbolc Offering

Out of coldness is born the warmth
Out of emptiness is born the abundance
Out of night is born a day
Out of darkness is born the light

Let there be warmth in our hearts
Let there be abundance in our homes
Let the days be longer and longer
Let the light be brighter and brighter

The deepest pit of the year

Today is 23 December - the deepest pit of the year. I'm remembering the stop it makes in the lowest point before swinging back in motion tomorrow. It's the day of death before rebirth.

Yule Offering

Father Sun, may you be strong
Father Sun, may you be bright
Father Sun, may you burn
Father Sun, may you shine

Father Sun, keep me strong
Father Sun, keep me bright
Father Sun, keep me burning
Father Sun, keep me shining

The Joy of Rain

The joy of rain as I'm walking down the cold street, with freezing droplets occasionally stinging my face, even though I'm carrying an umbrella. 

The joy of watching the myriads of neon lights reflecting in the myriads of puddles created in every tiniest hollow in the ground.

But above all, the joy of the monotonous sounds of the raindrops beating gently against everything in their way, the steady whisper accompanying just another normal evening in the life of the city.

On my way, there will be only one stop to make - the supermarket: I need to buy a few bags of strong tea. This is going to be a long evening at work.

The sweetness of the world

The sensation of the world comes to me as sweetness, the sweetness of observing the world as it is. 

A labelled picture

The real world: 

How we see it:

Samhain Offering

Beloved ancestors, help and guide us

Beloved guides in the spirit, help and guide us

Beloved spirits of the nature, help and guide us

Beloved Earth, help and guide us

Beloved Sun, help and guide us

Beloved Universe, help and guide us

May this time be a revelation 

And a safe journey to all,

On this and the other side

Photo: Unsplash

The Spirit of Quest

1. Accept that anything is possible.
2. Set my eyes on the ultimate goal.
3. Start moving.

There are nights...

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

~ George Carlin

Photo: Unsplash

Super Moon 2015

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Closer to myself

I keep moving in the direction of my true self, drawing in 'my' people and 'my' things into my world. Life's too short to be wasted on remaking what can't be remade and changing those who can't be changed. Instead, I choose to choose something or someone different.

Every change I make either brings me closer to myself or takes me farther from myself. The trick is to see which change is which, and then stick to the former.

There Was Once a Dog (Sirko)