every day is a day of thanksgiving/thankshaving and on this one i want to thank all relatives for your honoring the light in all our relatives beginning with your self, your true self, , the deep self within that is connected to and interwoven with all that is, the vast inner ground of oceanic being…

thank you for being compassion, the wild card of creation which bends the arc of the cosmos toward justice, balance and liberates our soulful self from the tight shoe, the constricted shell of the protective self empowering us as agents of co-creation totally aligned in the sheltering arms of source…

as we make this special pilgrimage, this leap of faith across turbulent seas to the magical realm of the far shore, join with me in contemplating, in real-eye-sing how this journey is the journey of life, of awakening to the wonder waiting on the other side of the shore as we take one small step and another and another through the storms and darkness and travails of life until in a flash, the path of heart opens and the sun, that is always shining even when hidden by clouds, pops out in all its brilliance re-minding us, re-heartening us of the astonishing light of our being that is always and forever present…

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“..One of the most important steps you can take to help calm the storm is to not allow yourself to be taken in a flurry of overwrought emotion or despair – thereby accidentally contributing to the swale and the swirl. Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts – adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take “everyone on Earth” to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

…One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires … causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these – to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both — are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.”

~ Clarissa Pinkola Este’s ~

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thank you, thank you, thank you astonishing beings of light for illuminating the pathless path so that we all find our way home to the heart… welcome, welcome, welcome…