Balance - 2011

It’s taken me awhile to figure out my word for 2011. Isn’t it appropriate that the Chinese New Year is the day I finally get it posted on here?

I didn't realize until I'd written it that it was pink on one side and blue on the other, so I probably need to balance my masculine & feminine energies as well. 

Balance is my word for 2011. I truly believe that we are threefold beings- mind, body, & spirit. I am a very cerebral and scholastic person, so I am constantly reading and learning. My mind is active, but my body has been neglected. I haven’t been exercising for several months and my eating is wacky as well. It is more difficult to get local vegetables in winter, so I have been lazy about making sure I get them.

I haven’t nourished my soul either. I have said many times that I need to create and write to connect to myself. And I haven’t honored that need, even though I know I have it. I get tired from work or sidetracked by reality TV (those housewives are like a trainwreck- I don’t want to watch, but I can’t look away.) I have been feeling out of sorts and off balance for months.


This year will be one of rediscovering what balance means to me.


Wilmington riverfront- water always feeds my soul

 One element of that is to spend time with good friends, none of whom live nearby anymore. This weekend I got to see many wonderful friends and to celebrate Imbolc, the mid-point between winter and spring. Imbolc is a celebration of the Goddess Brigid, who is the goddess of healing, fire, water, poetry, & smithery. She is a goddess of many faces and of opposites, so it is a time to celebrate the many facets of ourselves and especially to remember our creativity. (Obviously this was wonderful for me, as I needed these reminders and friends to share them with.)

My friend Tasha & I had a lovely day wandering through the downtown shops and laughing at the riverfront.



I also got to have lunch with my friend Sherry, who lives far away in the mountains.  I blogged about visiting her here. 

Another element that I need for balance is to write and share with my blogging community, which has become so important to me these past few months.  That means I won't be neglecting the blog like I did last month.  This writing is a healing outlet for me and I hope it's good for my readers as well.  I've missed you lovelies!

Happy Year of the Rabbit & Blessed Be!