Reveal the sacredness of your experience
I’ve always kept stones from my travels.
I find them comforting, like physical memories. They seem infused with quiet spirits who know me well. I’ve cherished their steady company through my best and worst moments.
After decades of gathering stones, I decided to set them free. I couldn’t carry their weight and energy through the reset of my “Troubadour Year.”
So I took them for a walk…down a favorite path in a favorite city along a favorite creek.
I placed the stones where the land seemed to ask for them. I tried to arrange them in dignified postures, while also revealing their whimsy…lest they take themselves too seriously.
It was so much fun. I giggled as I positioned them, like leaving clues in a game of awareness. Would the couple coming down the path notice?
Perhaps the stones will quietly call out, and find a new home…
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It’s easy to hold on too long: to objects, ideas, emotions…complacency in relationships…the habits that we confuse with our identity.
We hold on for security…of course we do! Our hearts are tender. We want to be safe.
But over-emphasizing safety can do harm, choking us like a plant that’s over-pruned.
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I call my walk with the stones an “intuitive ritual.” Intuitive rituals have intention, but aren’t planned. They begin with action, then reveal themselves as they happen.
I love intuitive rituals because they can be playful, even irreverent.
They empower us to infuse life with meaning in a way that resonates with our own heart.
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You are the steward of your own growth and wellbeing.
It’s up to you to discern the balance between security and growth that you experience.
What about your life is calling for a ritual?
What about YOU deserves to be infused with sacred acknowledgement?
What is getting in the way?
