Fenced In

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It is so easy to feel fenced in and trapped by our surroundings.  I like to think of a fence as a safety measure.  Not something to hold us back but a reminder, sort of pause, to help us think about where we are going and how to get there.

How often do you see flowers blooming over fences, poking through in all their glory to find the sun or blow in the breeze.  Fences are made for flowers, they help them climb, they hold them up and they support them.  I think that if we view fences or barriers in life this way we might recognise the way in which they might help out growth.

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Fences can be our allies, our crutches and our props.  They don’t always hold us back, sometimes they protect us from moving forward to quickly, from harm.

My Prophecy

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Oh my friend, if you are longing to be written on, become a blank page ~ Rumi

I’m not sure if I am a prophet, probably not although I have always been very psychic.  I can tell what people are thinking when I’m in their company and know instantly what people think about me.  I’m very open so I think I scare people initially and they have difficulty trusting me, especially if they are closed themselves.

I’ve had dreams that have come true on occasion too, like the night my friends father died.  I didn’t know about this but in the middle of the night I dreamt that I was standing with her on the estate that we grew up on cuddling her as she broke down.  The next morning I telephoned mum who still lived on that estate fifty odd miles away and she had exactly the same dream!  It wasn’t long after I received a call to say my friends father had passed over and it wasn’t much longer before I was cuddling her for real.

Mum and I often linked into each other, for example knowing she was on the other end of the phone or one of us getting the urge to telephone the other when things were bad.  We were very close but we seemed to know what the other was thinking.  It’s funny but not strange that I still hear her talking to me now a year and a half after her death.

As a child I was probably far more psychic or weird, whichever way you look at it.  I had an invisible friend, I’ve written about her on here before and I used to tell the future without knowing what I was doing.  I fancied myself as a gipsy and read the tea leaves and cards as a very young child.  Then the kids on the estate thought it would be funny to put grass down my back whilst chanting ‘burn the witch’ and I stopped being different and conformed.  I was a sheep for quite a few years after that although always had a fascination with anything esoteric.

I’m weird again now, I’ve reached an age where I’m comfortable with myself and don’t care what people think (that’s a lie, I really want to be liked).   I collect crystals, read the cards, talk to the dead and delve into all sorts of weird and wonderful things.  I’ve had a past life regression and attended all sorts of healing and energy workshops.  There’s no stopping me now, I think there is far more to heaven and earth than we will ever understand.

I think we all have the potential to be psychic, to tune into other realms if only we stopped and listened.  How ever far fetched, weird or wonderful our instincts are, they are there to give us glimpses of possibilities and help us along the way.  Have you ever known that however bad something seemed at the time, it would work out.  I bet it did if it was meant to be and I bet it was beautiful.

I’m not sure if we should foretell the future, perhaps it’s best left to unfold as it should, but for this post and for fun here is my prophecy   and you can tell me if I’m a prophet or not!

Everything is going to be okay, you will get to where you are meant to be.  

The challenges that you face are your lessons and they have been waiting to greet you.  These challenges are part of your pathway in life and they will take you to the next level of your spiritual development.  Which ever path brought you to where you are now is the right path and the people you have met on the way, whatever your memories of them are the people that have helped you to recognise your true self, they were always meant to be.  Accept your life for all its ups and downs and know that it is precious as you are.

Life is eternal and so are you, so be your magnificent self and dance your way along the path.

We all see the same sun and moon, wherever we are, they connect us and we can never be alone when we look at them. 

The number twenty three is important, I don’t know why but I keep seeing it all the time, are you seeing it too?

The answer to your question is love…

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Murky Waters

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I’m not sure about that voyage now, the pound has sunk too low

The vote has caused this drift you see, the treats might have to go

It’s really very frightening, tomorrow will be brand new

Batten down those hatches, we will have to see this through

We need to steer the ship of us, into waters that are unclear

Paddle carefully, take our time and put away our fear

 

Girona


Girona city is one of my special places. Just up from Barcelona, a very special Catalan city. From the magnificent cathedral to the cobblestone streets. 



I love this part of Spain, it’s my spiritual home and luckily I have family here so I can visit as often as I like. 

I get off the plane at Girona airport and there is a smell that tells me I’m home. Somewhere between pig farms and the manure on the fields there is a smell that speaks to me.  It talks of family and food, sun and lazy walks in nature.  I can find a stillness here that is difficult to find anywhere else.

I’m presently in Spain for a family wedding so when the city prompt came up today I knew it called for my love affair with Girona, we were meant to be.

Response to the Daily Word Prompt – city

Daily Prompt – Open

It isn’t any wonder, that I listen with contempt

I never really have much time for those who will pretend

I see right through the fairy tales, I know that they are lies

Just tell it straight, don’t hold it back, its fibs that I despise

How ever hard the words appear just say them as they are

Open, frank and honest please and we’ll go very far

Affirmation 

With open eyes I see the beauty in the world and with eyes wide open I dance in, and add to that beauty.

With open ears I listen to the universe and add my own truth as to be in tune with its symphony.

With open mind I accept and consider the opinions of others and contemplate first in silence my response.

With open hands I reach out to those in need and accept and welcome the assistance of the hands of others.

With open heart I give love willingly and with that same open heart accept the love that is offered to me.

I remain open to what the universe has in store for me and open to how I can be of service each day.

Simply Me

I don’t really like my feet much, but they go from A to B

My hair is lank and frizzes, but it’s still on top you see

Then the in-between bits, from head to toe I go

With flabby tum, too small bum and bunions on my toes

I’ve prayed it could be better, in any little way

But I’m healthy and it’s working and I’m standing here today

Life in it’s simplicity, has taken care of me.

So I’m really truly grateful to be just simply me.

 

Response to Daily Post – Simplicity

Echo of your Voice

 

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mountain keeps an echo deep inside.  That’s how I hold your voice.

~Rumi

Your far away now, further than I can follow, but I still hear your voice.  I hear your voice deep inside where there is stillness and peace.  And when I am there I can hear you as if you are next to me.  Your voice will never fade for me, never dim and never not mean the world to me.

In response to today’s Daily Prompt – Mountain