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Me and My Shadow. My Aha! Moment.
I had an aha! moment as I was uploading this photo to edit it. I took it over the weekend while sitting on the deck. I love how you can see my shadow with Gidget looking on.
Gidget loves being with me, but she is also the first dachshund I’ve had that seems more independent. She is content to hang out beside me on the deck and doesn’t need to be in my lap all the time. Frankie and Joie, the moment I sat down in my Adirondack chair, would be at my feet pleading with their dark enticing eyes, “Please pick me up and hold me.”
As I thought about this looking at the picture, it struck me once again how we get the dog we need at different times in our life. I’ve become more independent, content to be on my own, and alone more often. I trust more in who I am and what I need. While I enjoy some social time, I also need lots of time alone.
This is where I am in my life right now. It wasn’t all this way. All those years of being in the “spotlight” with Frankie were times I wouldn’t trade for the world. But I have to say this “inner” work I’ve been doing more of lately, fits me too. Sure, sometimes I’m restless with it, but for the most part, I feel like this is the place I’m supposed to be right now in this space and time.
Gidget is that reflection for me. What a beautiful reminder this photo (and Gidget) is.
Confirmation All Around Us When We Keep Our Eyes (and Heart) Open
My meditation/Yoga altar
Yesterday I shared with you that I had gotten a bit lost lately, falling away from what I call my center. The place that when I am there I know it is truly who I am and where I am meant to be.
So it shouldn’t surprise me that this morning when I picked an inspiration card from Dr. Wayne Dyer’s deck of cards (or sometimes I pick a Grace card from Cheryl Richardson), which I often do right before my yoga practice, that it was yet another confirmation of something that had just transpired in my life. The card said “Protect Your Energy Field” and read:
When you find yourself being exposed to uninspiring media onslaughts, turn of the TV, change the radio station, leave the movie theater, put the magazine down, and affirm: I no longer wish to be in the energy field of anything that isn’t a vibrational match with Spirit.
On Thursday I wrote about how I had gotten involved with some volunteer committee’s which I had become frustrated with and then resigned. I realize in looking back now, how it drained my energy. Then the things I love to do I found I was struggling to have energy to do.
While yes, there were many other issues regarding why I resigned, of which were not fault of my own, it was Spirit tapping me on the shoulder reminding me once again to protect my energy to be the best me I can be.
I smiled giving thanks for this reminder once again. But more than that for all the years of inner work I’ve done on myself, and continue to do, that I live in this awareness of living from following my heart. It may take me awhile to find my way back again, but when I do, it sure makes the joy all the more sweeter.