No Longer Waiting

“I am no longer waiting for a special occasion; I burn the best candles on ordinary days.
I am no longer waiting for the house to be clean; I fill it with people who understand that even dust is Sacred.
I am no longer waiting for everyone to understand me; It’s just not their task
I am no longer waiting for the perfect children; my children have their own names that burn as brightly as any star.
I am no longer waiting for the other shoe to drop; It already did, and I survived.
I am no longer waiting for the time to be right; the time is always now.
I am no longer waiting for the mate who will complete me; I am grateful to be so warmly, tenderly held.
I am no longer waiting for a quiet moment; my heart can be stilled whenever it is called.
I am no longer waiting for the world to be at peace; I unclench my grasp and breathe peace in and out.
I am no longer waiting to do something great; being awake to carry my grain of sand is enough.
I am no longer waiting to be recognized; I know that I dance in a holy circle.
I am no longer waiting for Forgiveness. I believe, I Believe.”
“Life at Midlife” By Mary Anne Perrone
Blessings,
Grandmother Flordemayo
Art: maartje.vandokkum
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Watch “Erykah Badu – Next lifetime” on YouTube

Lots of folks are waking to what

is not a reality ..and releasing

“contracts ” , even with what

feels sacred and the Divine

Counterpart of this life time .

Reunions are ignored , in lieu

of fear , wanting to control what

is ordained on high .

Delays of years are being

released as unions of souls be

comes reality..

Others become aware there are

options , including resisting

any contact at all..

I’m surrendered to knowing

and doing better , trusting my

journey , Thy Will Being Done .

I grasp the light that I share is

often reflected by the other..

Intentions are fleeting and time

silence negate the soul

connection .

It’s common to feel rejected but I

am more discerning , and don’t

hold the shame or blame of

anther, past , current or future .

I’m at peace ✌

Witch- Wise Woman

“You look like a witch,” he said.
-If only! she replied.
-If only? What is the merit of being a witch?
-I’m going to tell you:

A witch is a woman who is connected to nature; knows the power of plants and understands the language of animals.
She travels between the worlds and communicates with the great spirit.

A witch loves herself and all living beings, respects and is able to listen without judging, and heal a broken heart.
Being a witch is knowing the power that is inside you, enjoying who you are without belittling anyone. The witches dance and sing without complexes, they decipher the messages of the moon and the wind and bathe naked in rivers and seas.

They do magic in their homes. With a good pot, they warm your body and soul. There are witches who sing and witches who write. Others make bread or sell their creations. You find them in all professions. Some gather around the bonfire on new moon nights, others invent rituals at home and put candles out. And do you know why? Because they are not afraid. They dance and sing in honor of invoking the ancestors who unjustly died. They raise their voices to wake up women that still suffer the spell of centuries of repression. Incantations of self-love are whispered, They pass them from one to the other and record them in their cells.
Witches, wizards, and sorceresses roam the four directions healing the world with their gifts.

I hope I am a Witch !!!

~ Author Unknown ~

Art Julia Jeffrey

shared via @CelticWitch

Grandmothers/Grandmother’s Spirit Rising

We have to live differently or we will die in the same old ways.
Therefore I call on all Grand Mothers everywhere on the planet to rise and take your place in the leadership of the world.

Come out of the kitchen
out of the fields
out of the beauty parlors
out of the television

Step forward and assume the role
for which you were created:
To lead humanity
to health, happiness and sanity.

I call on all the Grand Mothers of Earth
and every person who possesses
the Grand Mother Spirit
of respect for life and
protection of the young
to rise and lead.

The life of our species depends on it.

and I call on all men of Earth to gracefully and
gratefully stand aside and let them
(let us)
do so.

  • Calling All Grand Mothers by Alice Walker

Alice Walker’s poem “Calling All Grand Mothers,” from her collection Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems (New World Library, 2010), calls on the grandmother spirit but also on us to clear the way for a wise woman’s perspective and work—today, tomorrow, and the next day. Although the poem was published a decade ago, it asks a question that still goes unanswered: Isn’t it impossible to know what the difference would be if we were to put females first, until we actually do it?

Photo above is painting by: Frank Howell, titled “Rose of Grandmothers Songs”

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Homecoming- GreatMother

And the Great Mother said:

Come my child and give me all that you are.
I am not afraid of your strength and darkness, of your fear and pain.
Give me your tears. They will be my rushing rivers and roaring oceans.
Give me your rage. It will erupt into my molten volcanoes and rolling thunder.
Give me your tired spirit. I will lay it to rest in my soft meadows.
Give me your hopes and dreams. I will plant a field of sunflowers and arch rainbows in the sky.
You are not too much for me. My arms and heart welcome your true fullness.
There is room in my world for all of you, all that you are.
I will cradle you in the boughs of my ancient redwoods and the valleys of my gentle rolling hills.
My soft winds will sing you lullabies and soothe your burdened heart.
Release your deep pain. You are not alone and you have never been alone.

Linda Reuther, from Homecoming

Art: Lucy Pierce ”Always Held”

Women Rising

“In Irish and Scottish mythology, the Cailleach is the divine hag, the Old Woman of the World, the creator-goddess of the land…She is the geotectonic power of the land itself, who gives shape to the Earth throughout all its ages. Stories tell of how she constructed enormous mounds, megaliths and towers in a single night. Like the natural world over which she presides, she renews herself constantly: each year in spring, or every hundred years, by bathing in a certain body of water, depending on the story…
In Scotland, she is known as Beira, Queen of Winter, a fearsome character with white hair, a dark blue face, rust-coloured teeth, and a single eye in the middle of her forehead. She created the mountains; they formed when, striding in giant steps across the land, she accidentally dropped rocks from her creel. In some stories she is said to have built the mountains intentionally, pouring them from her apron to serve as her stepping stones as she walked; in others she created rivers and lochs, and carried a hammer which she used to shape the hills and valleys. She leapt from hilltop to hilltop followed by herds of deer and families of wild pigs; sometimes she rode a wolf. She is a wilderness spirit who protects wild animals; she is a seasonal deity too, the elemental power of storms and of winter…
In Ireland…as folklorist Gearóid Ó Crualaoich declares in his extensive study of Cailleach traditions, she personifies the ‘proactive, female creativity and power . . . seen, in Irish ancestral culture, to be the major source from which emerges both the general form of the physical universe and the security and wellbeing of the social order in times of stress.'”
~ Sharon Blackie, “If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging”
🎨 Art of Jane Brideson – SHOP, “The Hag of the Mill”
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Eve

”“Why has the Christian tradition persisted in reading the story of Adam and Eve in ways that are to women’s detriment: misogyny, sexism, the fear that women really are powerful so they must be kept down?” asks Bird. Over the years, as my relationship to religion has changed and my belief in a Christian god has dissipated, I’ve found myself wondering about Eve.

She strikes me as a character deserving of so much more depth, a curious and rebellious young woman who was willing to test her place in the world in order to dream of a better one. Even in paradise, she knew something was being kept from her, and she was willing to break the illusion of satisfaction in complacency. It was ingrained in me that my painful periods were her fault, but I wonder if my desire for liberation from a heteronormative, white patriarchy didn’t also start with her. Eventually, I gained an understanding about what happened to me in my room with the pastor’s son. It was painful, but being able to name and condemn that behavior was so much more freeing than living with an untruthful story. Naming our monsters means questioning our place in their world. Patriarchy leads us to believe the men at the top can save us, but that’s an illusion meant to keep us underneath them. The men at the top, the patriarchs in the sky, they aren’t coming to set us free. It’s the snakes, the fruit, the trees, and each other that will.”

https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/avenging-eve-the-death-of-eden-and-the-birth-of-patriarchy