Birthday month pretty painted toes ... an annual treat, just because it's fun... ready for sandals, sunshine, and warm summer days.
Just another day
Not for me; it's not just another day.
Curious how preferences and unspoken hiddenfeelings and needs showed up and surprised me... I gave away my birthday--and then I took it back. Journal notes May 8 2019
... I feel agitated that plans got changed ...to my birthday...and it feels like mine is being wiped out... so instead of leaving it open as a fun day, I scheduled stuff. And I'm upset and frustrated...
How would I rather spend my birthday? ... I could have said 'I have other plans that day;' I bended to others' preferences instead of standing up for [mine]. ...
In this processing rant, I walk over to Michael and share--not for him to 'fix' anything, rather for me voice and put into words these conflicting feelings, owning them as mine--no 'fault' of anyone else except me saying 'yes' when 'I've got other plans' would have been good.... In this talking about birthdays and time, and feelings about them, it came out that, for me, these are reflection days and not to be packed with other people's energy for all of it. I need to go inward for a while ...
"What brings back a good feeling about spending my birthday, the actual day? Not about pleasing others or being practical. What does my spirit want?'
What clicks in is 'free time on Friday, me time,' including birthday lunch and carrot cake at Cafe Manna with Michael and enjoying, celebrating, playing...
.Some plans got moved again to open some space for me in my day; and then I was ready for somebody else's party that evening...
Birthdays - Just another day? Or does your spirit have some needs, priorities, and preferences? "When you get past the whine ..." and write awhile and then have a conversation, deeper layers show up about what's at its core, what's really wanting some honoring.
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Birthday month writings continued...mostly in notebooks.
Another year older, a new number--and happenings-- that remind me this is my time to step up and out, into this age and all I'm passionate about, and do whatever still has my name on it to do:
Going through file cabinets and files...throwing out what's completed, served its purpose; sorting, sifting, selecting
Writing and Teaching -- Re-purposing and publishing all these classes and content I've created out of my own search and spirit
Story-writing what I'm still passionate about, what got me here to start with, like these:
Journal Notes May 23 2019 Spiritual and universal wisdom not explored -- 'skirted' -- in Catholic school classes. Isn't that an interesting word, 'skirted' ... And what gets covered by a skirt? Very private personal parts of a woman.
There are words we remember; that when we first heard them, they were thunder-clapped awakenings out of all previous thoughts; a new, properly adjusted lens that brings words and our surroundings into sharp focus. We didn't know our vision was blurred until these new lenses, glasses, words, showed us differently.
There are two such thundering lines of watershed words that forever cracked open my good Catholic girl spiritual education. One came from my mother. I was maybe 12. It was early days after Vatican II. Women were allowed on the altar, for the first time, ....
I kept writing, and re-confirming how much I am a spiritual studies student and teacher guide resource, of all those 'skirted' women's spirituality secrets and knowledge our religion classes didn't teach us--because they couldn't. ... I can. ...
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