“The best thing about being authentic is that there is no image to maintain. You will delight some and disturb others, and none of it will concern the truth of your being.”
~Unknown
Art: The Energy of Me
by NancyL
Being Authentic
My Seeds Are Stirring
“I can feel the seeds within me stirring, calling and pulling. . . . Asking me to listen, to follow the path they wish to to grow for me.
Wistfully | look at what I have grown, the path I have made already that stretches out behind me.
I see it’s medicine weeds, the richness of soil, and I also see where it has become run down, the earth dry and the roots weakening.
I know the path is changing, I know my soul is calling for something new, and I watch the brave shoots of green, the buds on tree branches and I wonder if I have the same bravery, the same courage to let these new seeds of mine take me.”
~ Brigit Anna McNeill
Let the World Hear You
“Be loud, my sweet girl.
Make some noise if you want.
Let the world hear your voice—strong, clear, and full of all the things that make you you.
You don’t need permission to take up space.
Care deeply, my darling.
Put your whole self into what you love.
Let your heart stretch wide, even if the world doesn’t always understand.
The depth of your kindness, your passion, your love—it is your gift.
Be brave, young one.
Bravery doesn’t mean you won’t feel fear.
It means you step forward anyway, even with shaky hands and unsure steps.
Your try is always a great feat.
You are beautiful.
You are gentle.
You are kind and sweet.
You are bold.
You are creative.
You are perfectly, wonderfully, uniquely you.
You are so many things—and so much more.
Never let anyone define you but you.
Because right now, in this very moment, you are exactly who you are meant to be.
And that is enough. Always.”
from Be Brave Mom
Art: Leap of Faith
by Lucy Campbell
Full Moon in Fiery Leo
Full moon in fiery Leo, the regal sign of self love.
When the world has gone mad, it’s time to go to ground and love up yourself until you find peace within once again.
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“We must belong to ourselves before we belong anywhere else. When we betray ourselves to fit in, be liked, not cause problems, avoid discomfort, sidestep conflict, or not disappoint people,
we break our own hearts.”
~Brenè Brown
Fitting In Is For Sardines
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A Single Cloth
She who reconciles the ill-matched threads
Of her life, and weaves them gratefully
Into a single cloth –
It’s she who drives the loudmouths from the hall
And clears it for a different celebration.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Art by Deidre Adams,
Tracings No. XIII
💦Watery Full Moon 💦
Emotional full moon in watery Cancer.
Make space to nourish Self and Soul.
You’re worth it.
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