Day 3~ The Morning After

onthemat • November 25, 2017

This morning my mood is black, not because I was up too late and too filled-up with turkey, although both are true. No, I’m ornery because the sound of the Black Friday shopping frenzy is ringing in my ears. Buy now! Buy big! The more you spend the more you save! I want to visit […]

This morning my mood is black, not because I was up too late and too filled-up with turkey, although both are true. No, I’m ornery because the sound of the Black Friday shopping frenzy is ringing in my ears. Buy now! Buy big! The more you spend the more you save! I want to visit my sister-in-law but I’m afraid to, because we have to pass a mall on the way and it could be a scene of consumer chaos. I yearn for the gift of quiet. As I roll into the OTM lot and park my bike, my mood begins to brighten. I find some space in the packed house, roll down on my mat and breathe. Julia helps us set our intentions and with calm determination we set forth. She pushes and pulls us through old places and into new spaces. Along the way I let go of my Black Friday irritation and revel in the light.

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Heart~ Day #7 (Week #4)

By Linda Malcomb • May 3, 2020
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By Linda Malcomb • May 2, 2020
Seems like it’s been rainy, windy, dreary for eons. Which may have helped us shelter inside a bit more. I remember reading years and years ago in a Seth book that weather can be influenced, and even created by mass human emotion. Why not? We are far more powerful than we currently acknowledge, and science is beginning to validate many phenomena that had seemed inconceivable before. Those seemingly endless days of “bad” weather seemed congruent with the emotional tone of covid her in New England. And now SUN! Glorious, warming, invigorating, hope-filled Sun! Today I will be outside basking and gardening and thanking. And I’m sure the whole neighborhood, and most of New England will go outside, stand with our faces to the sun and breathe a huge healing breath of joy. And maybe the collective energy of that will resonate out across the word as a promise of brighter days to come.
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