I'm just taking a break from my Christmas eve prep, to wish one and all a lovely and peaceful holiday season! Over the course of the past few weeks, I've been chipping away at preparation tasks for this year's festivities. Food has been a primary focus and I've made some new delicacies this year. Now it's down to the home stretch and the bulk of today has been making pierogis! On my feet for at least three or four hours and I'm ready to give my back and feet a little rest. And so...here I am, checking in with season's greetings.
Throughout my tasks this year, I've been listening to The Dangerous Old Woman series by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I have two of the six (I think) sets of CD's. How I'm loving these...and loving listening to her speak. There isn't anything she touches upon, which doesn't resonate deeply with me. I feel loved and feel whole, complete with my oddities and in fact, BECAUSE of my oddities, hearing her words.
This holiday season has brought with it unique emotional challenges for me. The details are unimportant, but I just wanted to mention what a healing balm The Dangerous Old Woman has been for me. The concepts and ideas presented take me out of my little self and project into my deeper, truer, bigger self. There is hope and love, of which I sometimes despair. What a blessing to have come upon this work!
May you all feel peace, love and joy...may we all be free from suffering.
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