LIR 41215 Ansaz & Wunjo

It looks like Information, inspiration, communication

is coming in to you regarding or from your Clan.

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Clan is a funny thing. It can be the family of your blood. The family of your profession. The family of your interests. The family of your heart.

I have a family of blood, of course. One I keep contact with *G*. And I had a very interesting (and unexpected) meditation communication with one member.  It was cool, when I finished questioning the possibilities and just allowed it to be.

I have family of the heart, definately. People I have come to consider bosom companions, and with whom i actually discuss things I consider private. Nothing unusual came in to play with them yesterday.

Family of my profession & interests. There was a definite message about both on what kind of teacher (coach) I hope I am, and what kind of teacher I prefer to work with to further my learning. You have to know your stuff. Be able to articulate your stuff. Be able to use different approaches if I'm not getting it. Critic, but do not express judgment - either of me, or of yourself in how well you're doing at teaching. (At least during the class. When we've gone our separate ways, express judgment all you want.)

I have received one other message - I prefer to be with, learn from, people who celebrate their activities, feel the passion, "do it because they love it". For them, I am happy to return energy in the form of cash, or time, or service.

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 41015 Fehu & IngwazR

What energy is feeding you? Is it enough or too much? 

Is it in accord with the energy that fuels your passion?

What seeds haven't blossomed yet? 

Do they need more energy, more time?

 Have you even missed them?

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BEST. HAIRCUT. EVER.  and Oh, I didn't think of that.

So, Fehu was about my haircut appointment at Spellbound, I expect. Not necessarily about the haircut itself, but about where it was. About expanding my community (because Spellbound is a metaphysical store as well as a hair salon; and the stylists are Wiccans. And practicing Witches.) I do enjoy the restful company of being among people just doing their thing, exercising their power joyfully.

And Fehu was probably a bit about staying up until 1 in the morning writing about the experience (See Meanderings blog.).  It's interesting that pouring my thoughts and ideas out onto a "blank" page brings me great joy. I love writing. Possibly as much as I love singing. Actually, possibly more.

Wait. No judgment. No comparison. It simply is. I have so many possibilities for awesome happiness just among the seeds I have chosen to focus on, is there room for more?

But, yesterday I also visited with the next generation of my family (or some of it). And yes, I have missed them. Their exuberance. Their unique perceptions.  Their expressions and reticence. Happily, I have made plans to spend some time with them. So, yeah, there'd best be room for more.

When you're happy you need less sleep right?

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 8114 - WunjoR

Today is about what you can do for yourself. It’s not about the clan or family, regardless of how you love them.

Do it for yourself.

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Does make me wonder who I think will "interfere" today.

Hello!  And welcome back.  This rune, for me, spanned the whole of the week I have been otherwise occupied.  So let's talk about "family time".

First, examine the perception of family time.  I see a group of people gathered around the table, eating, laughing, talking...  or drinking, talking, crying, laughing.  I see the group expanding and contracting, breaking into little groups and coming back together again.  I see events, and plans, and people doing things together.

I had a family event - kind of a family vacation - this last week.  It adapted and grew in the planning to become a working vacation, retreat, family event.  

In the retreat/ working vacation, I did some stuff for me, and some stuff because I thought it could be for me, and some stuff for my clan.  Sometimes the question was not "Do I want to?", it was, "do I really not want to?"  Compromise.  I think it went well, for that part finished with the feeling of accomplishment and purpose.  There are places where, looking back, I can see that exerting myself could have been helpful for the clan as a whole.  I hope to remember this next time.

The family event also finished with purpose, though the original feeling of accomplishment was missing.   There was gathering and eating.  There was some expanding and contracting.  There was even some doing things together.  Yes for the laughter and yes for a few tears.  But the  purpose, the connecting of family in depth does feel lacking.

I realize, as I write this, I have a lot more practice flowing in my truth with my clan than with my family. 

There is a feeling of accomplishment now, however, a few days later.  Because I did practice some.  And I recognize some of the places I could improve, be firm but fair so I can receive what I need and allow others to be themselves also.

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LIR 81114 - No Rune

Says the Universe, “I think you have enough to process right now; You need no further input from me!”

Breathe. Step. Breathe. Step. We’ll get there.

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

LIR 7214 - Wunjo

Remember those parties, those celebrations with all your clan about you?  What made it a party?  What makes them family?


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For me, yesterday's remeniscense had nothing to do with family or close friends, per se.  It had, again, to do with work.  With being happy at what I am doing.  With the clan, family I created at various places of employment.

Where was I happiest?  What made these people family?  Where did I create relationships that still hold strong today?

I have worked in many places: fast food, dry cleaners, corporations, schools, furniture, books, metaphysical, clothes, car dealership.  Today, I my closest, deepest, longest lasting friendships come from two places - the bookstore & the metaphysical store.

So what makes them family or clan?  Shared interests.  Similair language.   An open-mindedness.  And a feeling I could be myself, I was myself, I was accepted for myself.  All of this adds up to happiness.

So why did I leave these places?  Certainly not because of the people.  But in each instance, I felt, simply, the urge to move on.  That my happiness quotient was now ready for a new ingredient.  and I have tried to go back to these places.  I still visit both stores with regularity, and even do some of my work in both places.  But a stronger foothold, or  a more permanent work relationship, has been unavailable with either place.

So, now I know what I worked in the past.  What kind of environment I want.  A metaphysical book store.  I even have some interesting ideas about opening my own.  But...  

Isn't that a wonderful word, but...?

So, we'll skip that word and just leave it at that.  A metaphysical bookstore.  Could encompass all my talents and bring more people I would love to meet.

Let's see what's next.

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LIR 7314 - WunjoR

So. Now, what things made those Clan gatherings uncomfortable? And, or, what events/ groups are definately not family?

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

103013 - Wunjo

A day to remember the family of your heart, those you have had, and those you hope to have.

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And oh, what a day of family.  I connected with various forms of family in all ways: text, talk, email, social media, and, of course, memory.

It seems that for many, the over all theme of this time of change is finding one's... tribe, clan, support group, band, pack, herd, church, community... whatever name you use for those with whom you share a vibration, a language.

I have tribe members in the corporate world, in the art world, in retail and in entertainment.  Front room and back of house, penthouse floozy *G* and basement gnome.  We all have different jobs, different life pursuits, different jargon and even different views about the way the world should operate.  But, we speak the same language.  There is a universal translator working between us.

It is true, not all of the members' of my hearts' family are members of my tribe.  We don't always communicate well.  It is also true there are many who have come and gone from my family; and many who have stayed while I came and went from their lives.  Family is not constant because we change and grow, and our vibrations change with us. 

So, let us take a moment here, on the night before All Hallow's, and think about all those families, all those tribes we've been a part of.  Schools and classrooms and clicks.  Best friends and sort of friends and worst enemies.  boyfriends and girlfriends, choir and theater and band, clubs and teams.  Through jobs and meetings and family events; store sales and adult groups and dance clubs.  To all those connections, we give a moment's thought.

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And I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

Tomorrow being Samhain, I am taking the day off.  But I will be scheduling my rune reading for November to post tomorrow, so here's hoping it works!  (something new.  Yay!)

And Friday I may or may not be able to sit and post...  So, if not sooner, gentle beings, I expect to type at you on Saturday.  So I hope you have a great Holiday, also!  L