well hell

as if the universe is not toying with me enough, my only home computer crashed last night. Am posting now from the iPhone. Have cat scan and MRI thursday morning at 8:30. Out of work until then. T.V.s also on the fritz and iPhone connection is iffy. Thank heavens for good meds that keep [...]

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Monday Morning

Didn’t even make it through half a shift yesterday.  Fortunately, another server was trying to pick up a shift, so I let him have mine – and then I called my mom from the break room, crying.  She advised me to go ahead and get today’s shift covered – she had a feeling I’d drive [...]

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Today’s Tao: Emptiness

The Gentlest thing in the world
will override the strongest.
Emptiness pervades everything
though it has no substance.
By this I understand the value of non-action.
To teach without words and
to be useful without action:
Few among us are capable of this.
All life is filled with the emptiness and the gentleness of Tao. With great care all things are sustained, nourished, [...]

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Today’s Animal Medicine Card: Butterfly 9/28/08

B U T T E R F L Y
~Transformation~

Butterfly… that flutters
In the morning light,
You have known many forms,
Before you e’er took flight.
The power that Butterfly brings to us is akin to the air. It is the mind, and the ability to know the mind or to change it. It is the art of transformation.
To use [...]

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Today’s Fairy Oracle: Magic of Nature, Inverted 9/28/08

 
This card tells me I need to spend a bit more time in the wilderness – perhaps hug a few more trees, sing with the birds, and re-attune myself with Mother Earth and the natural elements.
Here’s what the book says:
Card Meaning: Spend time outdoors, among the flowers, plants, and trees. Nature has powerful gifts that [...]

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Today’s Tarot:7 of Wands, Inverted – 9/28/08

 
Sevens are about solitary introspection, seeking higher purpose, and learning to spend time alone doing what needs done.
Wands, representing the element of fire, are about the “spark”, the initiative to set a thing in motion. Transformation.
In this card, we see one man holding a wand, but he holds it as if it’s a weapon, or [...]

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For Pat: Hawk

This post is being made in honor of Pat who is seeking information on Lizard and Hawk.
Here’s from Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals by Jamie Sams & David Carson:

H A W K
-Messenger-
Hawk…
Messenger of the sky,
Circle my dreams and teach me
The message as we fly.
Hawk is akin to Mercury, the [...]

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For Pat: Lizard

As requested by Pat, I’m posting information on the Lizard and the Eagle.
Beginning with the Lizard, here’s the information previously posted from the Medicine Cards:

Lizard… will you dream with me?
Travel across the stars?
Beyond the place of time and space,
There live visions from afar.
Lizard sat lolling in the shadow of a big rock, shading himself from [...]

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Medical Update

Good news and bad news.  The good news is, it’s not cancer.  Blood tests came back showing everything was normal, for the most part.  No thyroid problems, no diabetes, no cancer, etc.  However, the doctor has sent my blood back to the lab for one more test.  She believes my symptoms are consistent with Rocky [...]

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Stopped short…

With the image gallery malfunctioning – combined with how I feel right now both emotionally and physically, I’ve deided to stop short with the Daily Dose.
 
I’m going back to bed.

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