Anam Cara , the Soul Friend

For Friendship

May you be blessed with good friends,
And learn to be a good friend yourself,
Journeying to that place in your soul where
There is love, warmth and feeling.
May this change you.

May it transfigure what is negative, distant,
Or cold within your heart.

May you be brought into real passion, kindness,
And belonging.

May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them, be there for them
And receive all the challenges, truth, and
light you need.

May you never be isolated but know the embrace
Of your anam cara.

An excerpt from John O'Donohue's
"To Bless The Space Between Us"
A Book of Blessings

My wish for you this day is a day of embracing
your Anam Cara...Soul blessings within and
soul blessings without!

A'HO!

Wintry Morning....

Good Morning Everyone...albeit a late
morning already....I've been a busy girl
this a.m.

Right now it is a brisk 3 degrees outside
with a wind chill factor of anything less
than 0 is cold?  Ha Ha Ha!!!

Doesn't matter...my vehicle is now fixed
and running so I must venture outside
to start it up and maybe go to the grocery
store to get in some much needed supplies
to finish my Holiday baking, and to soothe
this savage beast.

This morning I wanted to share some videos
of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from over
on Vimeo of their recent trip to Japan in regards
to the UN's 10th Conference of Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity, which took
place on October 19th in Nagoya, Japan. I'll
post a couple of links for the videos and you
can check everything out on Earth Foundation
once you get there...I love listening to Our
Blessed Grandmothers Voices!!!  We need to
really listen well, and heed their call to action.

Grandmother Mona Polacca and Grandmother
Agnes Pilgrim Baker as well as others...
http://vimeo.com/channels/144533#16963069

I hope you can make the time to hear them
speak from their Heart's Song...

And I leave you with this lovely poem sent to
me by my Beautiful Spirit Sister Sorrow who
made the most lovely Holiday Card with this
inscribed on it...it touched me deeply and now
I want to pass it along to all of you...
Thank You Sister Sorrow...I love you Dear Friend!

Blessed be the longing that brought you here
and that quickens your soul with wonder.
May you succumb to the danger of new growth.
May you receive great encouragement
when new frontiers beckon.
May you respond to the call of your gift
and find the courage to follow its path.
May there be kindness in your gaze
when you look within.
May you know tender shelter and healing
blessing when you are called to stand in
the place of pain.
May your outer dignity mirror and inner
dignity of the soul.
May you become the gracious and
passionate subject of your own life.

~John O'Donohue, Irishman~

Wishing for you all a day of courage,
dignity, and soul grace.....be kind to
yourselves.


In Divine Love,