LIR 71515 Weekly - Taiwaz in the Future

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There are times when we have to look at a situation, make a decision, with two points of view - the present and the future. Rather like a general looking at a map, or a person looking at a budget; we look at the finite amount of what we have, and decide whether we want to use it now, or save it for the future. We know certain chores need to be done, and we decide to do them now, or later. We procrastinate on our studying, or we don't.

Often in the stress of the moment, we are only focused on how our choices affect the now. But the reading for this week lets us know that next week, we are going to have some results, some consequences, some less or some more.  Next week the other shoe will drop.

If this is regarding a decision you've made in the past, now is a good time to prepare. Shore up your energies, if you expect to have less. Prep for a night of cramming. Conversely, you can sleep well knowing your project is well completed. And if you saved, know that the time you saved for is coming.

If this is regarding a situation you're in now, Taiwaz advices you make the decision based on future happiness. If you love steak, save it for a special day next week. If you really don't want to go somewhere, do it this week so it's happily in the past next week. If next week is jam packed, perhaps you can preprep to save yourself some energy.

Often, we make decisions for our truth and happiness in the moment. That's what we've been practicing. Perhaps we have that skill down pat now; we have a good idea what brings joy and what brings white hot raging frustration. So now we get to expand. And make decisions based on our truths, and the happiness of the future.

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It's an interesting experiment, to try and look ahead into next week. The now is so easy. Perhaps that's why it's time to expand. Because, yes, the next week already has many differences. There are changes coming up… Volunteer training for Hospice; vacations and birthdays, and, if we look REALLY far, Fall. Time passes.

It has been excellent practicing what works. And now, I do think I'm ready to carry it to what WILL work. Like holding a note, or walking a step, or cooking a dish. You start with step one and then, when it's easy, you add it to another step one. Eventually you have a song, a marathon, a meal.

I can do this. Now, what can I do with this?

I hope you have a great week!

-Lila

LIR Weekly 62315 - Ingwaz

Yay! Let there be bloomage!

Ingwaz is the rune of the seed - as it sits underground, being nourished, the object of our hopes and fears, full of possibilities; and as it springs forth, seemingly overnight, and we begin to get an idea of what it will become.

The energy required for each situation is different. The care of feeding of something in gestation is more focused on beginnings, and there are a lot of liquids involved. But something which has form, something which is now growing and showing itself, that something can have more solid food, more physical energy. Because it is more solid itself. It is an actuality. 

Yes, there are still options, differing outcomes, possibilities… but with this physical form those misty futures are already  coalescing into actualities. And the energy required to feed this seedling is about blending what you have with what you want, seeing how it works.

So, whatever situation this brings to mind, the question now is… does it appear to be going in the direction you want it to? Is it what you were hoping for? Is it time to repot? Do you need to thin out the blooms? Is some weeding required? What kind of food do you want to give it? What do you have available? Is it time to let it grow on its own? Does it require less obsessive focus?

And, most importantly, is your truth, are your dreams, the same as they were when the seed(s) was planted? Do the seedlings still serve a purpose? Or are they simply ornamental proof that things do eventually come into being?

Ingwaz - Yes! There is growth in our garden. Possibilities are taking form. Now, watcha gonna do? Watch Video

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I guess I can only repeat, yay! My work is taking form, I am giving it serious energy. It will be interesting to see what it becomes. I have no preconceived thoughts for this week.

So I reread last week's reading, about Gebo. In Air. Because last week was a pretty heavy week, especially the week end. And I wonder. Because the thing which sticks out about energy exchanges in air, last week, is a feeling of being bombarded by words. Discussions, casual meet and greet, sounds in a restaurant that had nothing to do with me. The weekend was full of loud and passionate voices

And I wasn't prepared. I did not want to give my fair share (listening or talking), I wanted to not be involved. So a lot of energy went into shielding, hiding. Which turns out wasn't productive at all. And I don't think that was productive at all. It left me exhausted. Like I expended too much energy for the situations. And it brings to mind another lesson I love to teach (so listen up, Lila.)

Resistance takes a lot of energy. And that's what I have been doing, resisting the words. Actively putting up barriers. Which gives the words form and power. Which makes them more solid.

What is there besides resistance?

Acceptance, first. Everybody has the right to their words, and they get to express them as they desire.
And then, filtering. Like meditation in a way. The object of the focus is what is important, and that exchange of energy continues despite attempted distractions. I don't have to catch all the words, thoughts, intents which come into my sphere. I can just let them fly harmlessly past, keeping my focus on what I want to interact with.

Hmm. I think there's still  more work to flesh out that idea. But thanks for listening, if you were.

I hope you have a great day! And may your garden grow, beautifully.

-Lila

LIR 33115 - Taiwaz

Why is the situation what it is (or not) today? Because of a choice consciously made in the past.

Remember, there is no good or bad. No mistakes. Simply choice and consequence. And choice again.

And since we're all choosing with our truths, this is most likely a happy situation.

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"Let's do the time warp again!"

Okay. So, yesterday felt more like practice in nurturing. And I wonder if this rune may be for today (it was read for yesterday) - except having to do with decision made now for the future! Rahr. Whatever. 

So, for me, yesterday was a day of caretaking, hence the lack of posting and or reading for today. But today (at least the last few hours) have brought up questions regarding making decisions, and the affect on our future.

We are, each and every one of us, where we are because of decisions made. I met someone tonite who inspired the thought "That's something I could have done." 

If I'd chosen a different major.

If I'd chosen a different school.

If I'd chosen (at any of one hundred times it crossed my mind) to focus more on the study and less on the performing of music.

If I'd chosen...

If I'd...

If...

And the important thing about Taiwaz, about choices, and about life itself, is there is no one right choice. Sometimes it's good to know why the situation is as it is... what choices led to here - especially if you wish to change where here is. But except for practicing purposes, there is no real need to analyze.

A choice made in the past is done. The end. The important moment is now.

A choice made now is just practice. Yes, it's life altering. Every choice is.

And the truth of the matter is, if I really want to do that thing I chose not to do earlier, well, I'm still alive. I can still go do it! (And yeah, I still choose performing. *G*.)

So, let us relish our choices. If we find ourselves sitting up at night berating ourselves, let us turn that pity party into a celebration. We chose. And chose. and Chose again! Yay us!

I heard a line on a tv show "the Walking Dead" - (and no, I don't watch it. I just occasionally hear it.) I'm going to misquote it, I think, but it went something like "It was always going to end like this." Frankly, that is a crock of shards.

But, it is always going to be the way it was. Every choice we've made brought us to this situation. So, let's look forward. Because there is still an eternity waiting to be created.

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila