Frankly, this day took a bit of hope to manage! It was week 3 of the #Filters course I’m leading. I was psyched, though not so much that I didn’t sneak in a bit of time for the sleeping-dreaming thing. That was probably a good thing!
In this case it was the memory sort of dreaming that saved the day… and I think it’s extremely likely that my finished – and very excited – #Muse, Destiny Joan, was in charge, which was a good thing after a whole lot of dots and a dose of – you know – news!
Here’s what I heard, very early this morning…
Yes, dear heart, Happily Ever After feels pretty unlikely in the context of this moment. And, sometimes, the road feels scary. Here’s the thing that works for me, in the scary times…
Live in that place where you are called. Do, inside you, what you would do if you weren’t scared, right where you are, now.
Then she added this particular tale:
Once upon a time, there was a very new Grandmother. She shopped in a place called The International Farmers Market. There were people from many places and traditions, buying foods she couldn’t even name. And many of those people seemed afraid.
So that new Grammy started waving at babies. All the babies she saw! And the babies waved back! Backwards, in a sense, imitating what they saw. And the big people with those babies laughed and waved, too.
It was fun. And it taught her that doing what you can, where you are, on the way to the place where you feel called, can be a huge step toward living happily in the moment, right where you are, as the next steps become clear!
It’s a lot like making soup, when you get right down to it. And our Grammy does a lot of that! Several pounds of concrete passion & very large hope. Lots of random bits, garden scraps, memories of days gone by, and bay leaves, of course! Bay laurel leaves add fabulous flavor, along with the energy of achievement, honor, and protection.
So be it. So be our Maps of Reality. So be we!
And, yes… often our most important dreams are one part of our consciousness tending another part! Given the mood the tech elves were in today, it’s probably just as well that those parts of me showed up for the conversation!
I won’t bore you with the details. Let’s just say that I am still on the road to Fred’s place. That place Frederick Buechner said, our great joy meets the world’s deep need.
That need feels pretty deep about now. So, I’m headed back to the almost complete deck of #Filters cards which I never imagined I would be writing. And, they work!
The publisher is chosen… recycled paper and all! The art is all done. The manuscripts are getting close.
Here’s a peek at one of the cards from the category called, Meta-What??? It’s title is Choices.
Yep! Set something free. One thing weighing you down, like heavy luggage! A thing you never use but fear you might want. Someone’s assumptions about what you need. Something you no longer need, now that you know more! Perhaps someone else needs it. A clothes closet or community free library. Your local animal rescue. You hear me! Experiment… What could you set free? Would you? When?
(@slb 2025)
ps… Destiny Joan knows she’s been showing up a lot, because she’s really excited to get to be the #Muse. She wants you to know, though, that she has lots of cool friends who would love to meet you, including all her friends in our children’s picture book, A Creation Poem… Just click here to be magically transported to Fierce Art With Heart! (Sign up for the list when you get there and get an immediate discount!)