It's all about balance...

How I learned that too much goal setting steals my joy.

Original photo of sunrise from the Dakota Dunes Resort amazing 7th floor swimming pool room

Am I on the right track?

Today I woke up wondering if I was on the right track with my writing; I sought advice from Izzy Ivy’s Beyond Lemuria Oracle Cards and pulled #19 Balanced Forces. The message that came forward was:

Yin and Yang, productive flow, masculine and feminine energy, the balance of duality, patriarchal paradigm being re-balance, equality, balance in perspective.

Was I playing enough in my creative time or am I focused on the result? Have I come to the most feminine of crafts; writing a gift from the heart, born from the sacral with a focus on the destination instead of the journey. Yes. I have forgotten that writing is a gift to myself; publishing it becomes my offering to the world.

I asked for a clarification card, to be sure I was clear on the message. Pulling a second card, I received 56 Vulnerability, the final card in the deck, graced with a beautiful dragon and smaller dragonfly.

Our vulnerability can be one of the greatest gifts we can share. It can also be the hardest. In our society we are conditioned to put on a façade, to be strong, even in times of difficulty. Paradoxically, being vulnerable is one of the strongest things we can be.

It is easy to armor oneself from the harsh truths that may be too painful to bring to the light of day. However, this causes greater suffering as buried pain becomes shadows. Unprocessed negative experiences can incarnate as much more troublesome traits or insecurities within their origin.

The key to this book must be my own vulnerability. I understand clearly now that to author a book about Being Love means sharing the contents of my pain body as well as the road taken to empty that pain and fill it with Light.

I sat with the wisdom of the cards this morning to determine where I was unbalanced. I realized that I set out this weekend to more deeply connect with my higher self, to channel this book, and bring it down to earth.

My only goal was to be open, connect, and bring it through.

When I met with my friend, who is working on a sequel to her book, she told me hers was near completion; only a few chapters left to write. This is where I took a wrong turn. Although I did not feel competition or jealousy; I want to READ the sequel to her book. I have recommended Cari Moffet’s first book It’s All About Energy to so many people that I now carry a supply from her in my treatment room to sell. What did happen is that I felt like I was somehow behind. My masculine dove in and decided there must be a goal; chapters, word count, I must accomplish something for the money spent at this beautiful resort.

Yeesh! What a terrific way to ruin a perfectly wonderful getaway!

Okay, masculine side of me, just calm down over there. This is about connection, diving into peace, and surfacing with joy. That’s the only goal, got it mister side of me? Haha!

Now back to the joy of writing. The word count can wait until another day.

In Oneness,

Patricia (Patty) Meier

PS…

Before Christmas I had the honour of being interviewed by

Sue Ferrera

author of Tales of a Wayward Yogini We talked about my book Forever Five - Adventures of The Ladybug Hunter which is the story of my daughter, Alexandra, who passed away at age five from a glioblastoma - brain tumour. This book talks about our journey together through this experience as well as all of the lessons that Alexandra taught me in her short five years on earth.

Sue and I met here on Substack and became fans of one another’s work. We had some life experiences and challenges in common which led us to comment back and forth. We soon discovered that we had each published a book; Sue proposed that we do a book swap and read one another’s work. I devoured Sue’s book Lessons of a Wayward Yogini in short order, embracing the story of her strength and the tenacity she showed getting her yogi certification in the later part of her life.

She will be publishing our interview at this link at 8 am, Friday, January 19th. I hope you enjoy our friendly chat about life, death, grief, and growth. <3