Historical Me.

If you're like me, you are sitting somewhere right now contemplating tomorrow. Literally. A specific tomorrow.

Today is November 7th, 2016. People have been voting, will be voting, are refraining from voting - and many of us, I think, are really wondering what's going to happen.

I personally have voted early, and I was writing a blog which is probably going to become a series of blogs, and I realized...

Wow... Tomorrow may be a day in history.

No matter what the outcome, will this election cycle, this decade, this section of time be a focus of future study? Yeah, probably.

Aren't we lucky?

Often people say, in movies and books - "how do you want to be remembered?" "How do you want history to write about you?"

But the thing is, history is just what happened two minutes ago. Remembered or not. And history - which has the word "story" in it - is always going to be someone's perception...
 someone's opinion of their perception...
someone's opinion of their perception of their memory of what is going on right this minute.

So what else can we do but be ourselves? To the best of our ability.

Every single day.

Whether it feels like it's going to be an historic day or not.

So to everyone who is living, doing their thing, dancing and playing and singing...
To everyone who has voted or not as their truth leads them and then GONE ON to the rest of their day...
To everyone who is alive at this time - thank you for being you! Keep doing that. Let historians write about that! "On this amazing day, as the world changed around then, millions of people - lived."

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 110216 - Ingwaz

So, if you're like me, it's been a year of ideas, possibilities, should I shouldn't I, and what about this?

This week, some of those seeds of possibility, creativity, could do with attention. They may sprout - making the project, the dream a reality. Or it may be time to do someire planning, some watering and fertilizing, for future sprouting.

What dreams & possibilities do you still wish to see come to fruition?

I hope you have a great day!
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Today's Happiness Practice - back to 15 minutes

Today I am going to get things done, 15 minutes at a time.

I feel like I have been either going or stopping; either head down or staring blankly at my "to do" list. And they're all things I WANT to do, things to accomplish in order to be the me I want to be, to open the possibilities.

But I am once more caught up in the whirlwind of a thousand choices and only so much daylight. Which is actually literal, because it feels like I have to work twice as hard to be connected when the sun goes down.

And I think it has been many many days since I have had downtime to myself. All to myself. (driving does not count - one has to be aware of other people when driving. I really want to think only of myself.)

So today, I am going to go back to the system of 15 minutes. Just do something on my list for 15 minutes. Then I can rest and read and stare at the wall.

I am going to practice balancing, being both sides of myself. 15 minutes at a time.

I hope you have a great and totally YOU day!
-Lila

LIR 102616 - Laguz

Looks like it's time to be startin' somethin'!

Laguz is the rune of beginnings, the rune of that rush that happens when the ball starts rolling; the birthing rush after the water breaks and there's no stopping the momentum.
OK, sounds a little scary, but we're ready for this. We know our tools, we know our truths, and besides, we're the ones putting things in motion!
What is it that's ready to go? What projects, ideas, desires have just been waiting for the right time? Could this be the time?
Keep breathing and out your best foot forward. Ready? Set? Go!

I hope you have a great week.
-Lila

LIR 101916 - Unknown

The Blank, or Unknown, rune means that there is more information needed; more decisions to be made.

Maybe a project, or decision, or manifestation is stalled, feels mired. It's possible, more info is needed. There are still some questions that need answers.

Or maybe the outcome is waiting on someone else's choices.

So, if it feels like you can gather more info, go for it. Ask the questions.

And if it feels like you're just waiting, like you've done all you can, perhaps it needs action from outside of you. All there is to do is wait. It is frustrating, but you can only do what YOU can do.

The Unknown rune. "The future is cloudy. Please try again later."

I hope you have a great week!
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LIR 101216 - TaiwazR

Taiwaz is the rune of expediency, of making decisions in an unemotional, for the good of the whole fashion.

It follows, then, that TaiwazR is about taking a different approach to decision making.

If there is a thought or decision that brings the headache and the frustration and the "I don't know what to do!" perhaps it's time to decide smaller.

What is the right, truthful, happy choice for today?
What is the best feel for right now?
What is the short term beneficial option?

Because maybe the long term is still waiting for today's choice. Maybe choosing for happiness today is the best way to ALSO have happiness next year.

However we choose, I hope you have a great day!
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Today's Happiness Practice - BEING happy.

Today I am going to be happy.

Today I attended a class on energy work and had the interesting experience of having my very being ridiculed and demeaned.

Now, it was not me personally who was the target. But the class presenters have their own unique perceptions about metaphysical practices and about happiness.

Yup. I paid money to be told my work is useless.

And as Icona Pop says, "I don't care. I love it."

I am not Happy because someone else thinks it's a good idea. I am not a Happiness Practitioner because it's universally accepted or because I want to make good use of a college degree. I do not use the New Age, Metaphysical Wiccan practices because they're popular.

I do it all because it's right for me. It IS me. All of it. Nature and crystals and grounding and advising in protection and manifesting and knowing that happiness is my choice and my right.

And I fully believe that others want to be happy. I believe everyone wants to be happy. We may have trouble believing it's an acceptable way of life. After all, the American Dream doesn't say "A white picket fence and 2.5 kids, happily." Or even "2.5 happy kids". And as one of the presenters pointed out, saying we want to be happy when we grow up evokes the response: "No, what do you want to be?"

But I believe in Happiness, that it is a force like Love, and that everyone can be it.

And so today, I reaffirmed my happiness. I made the class all about me, for me, taking only the information I resonated with, and letting everyone else have their own opinions.

Because everyone does get to have their own opinions. I accept that.

I accept that everyone has their own perceptions.

I accept everyone.

Accepting people doesn't mean I believe what they believe. It certainly doesn't mean I care about their opinions. It just means I accept them.

Cuz what I think, feel, believe, and do is all about me. It's what is right for me. Happiness IS each person believing what is right for them. (At least, for me it is.)

So today I am practicing being Happy. By accepting others, and cheering their choice. Because their belief is their Happiness, even if they don't believe in it.

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila