LIR 22614 - OthiloR

Today's answers may lie somewhere other than the traditional path.  Look not amongst the skills & gifts handed down from family.  Reach outside your ancestral box.

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The situation that comes most to mind regarding this reading is the job hunt.

The questions -  "What do you want to be when you grow up?"  "What is your major?"  "What do you do?"  As if our jobs define us.  And we do, I believe, all want a job, or something, which gives us purpose and makes all the other crap we've brought into our lives worthwhile.

So here  I am, over 40, looking at the jobs for which I may be qualified, and thinking, but do I really want to BE a... sales clerk, file clerk, call center, admin assistant, bank teller...  for the rest of my life?  Do i want that to be my career?

But the truth is, this job search isn't about the rest of my life, in that sense.  It is about the next moment.  Fulfilling my needs for the next moment.  It even says it in most of the descriptions... these are "at will" jobs.  I work there while I want to work there.  They employ me while they want to employ me.  I can work where I find work.  I can switch jobs.  As we all know, life is about change and growth, not stasis.

And I already have a job, I just need more income.  So I am actually looking for a second job.

So, the non-traditional job hunt.  What will get me what I need for this next moment?  And working with something that I can be excited about, or want to learn more about.  Remove the limits of labels and titles.  Heck, given that a lot of companies are hiring temporary or part time, I may end up finding two or three jobs!  On top of the ones I already have.  So.

Also, to stay out of the insurance genre.  For that is a family thing.

And whether I am working in a shop, or alphabetizing, or answering phones, what I DO is still the same - being the best Lila I can be.

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LIR 22714 - No rune & Wunjo

A day to practice our truths, with no special emphasis.  But, if you need something to ponder, try this.  What symbols do you want to represent you?  Around which flags do you wish to gather?

Thank you, and I hope you have a great day!

-Lila

LIR 12814 OthiloR very off the cloth

Yes, it's possible you missed something today.  So stop and check your work.  Then move on. Don't let the fear of mistakes be the driving factor today.

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This one, it turns out, is easy.  As a bookkeeper, tax season is upon us.  (Well, tax season is upon everyone.)  And yes, it does actually last longer than the holiday season.  As soon as the 1st of January hits, there's a scramble for rule books and tax forms and lost receipts.

Yesterday was one of those days of getting tax things prepped and submitted.  And I have to ask, why does it have to be this convoluted?  "Why?" she yells in classic arms to heaven pose.

So.  I did take a deep breath, made sure I had done the things I needed to do, yesterday.  And I told myself, as I walked away from the desk and the computer, well, if I made a mistake I'll find out soon enough.

Here's to believing that knowing how to read and follow directions is enough to survive mentally.

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LIR 12914 RaidoR

Want to go, go, go?  Wait a moment.  Is it the desire for movement, or the readiness to take the next step which compels you?

I hope you have a great day!
-Lila

Life in Runes - November 2013

written for the Spirit Wise newsletter

The rune for November is OthiloR.

Othilo is the rune of the ancestors; and since it is November, you’re probably thinking “well, it doesn't take a psychic to tell me that!”

But this Othilo is reversed, much as we might wish otherwise.

As we pass through the dark time, it would be easy to turn our attention to the past and to our loved ones who have died.  It would be easy to lose ourselves in the worlds of “used to be”.  It would also be easy to lose ourselves in the “might have beens", for November can be a time to relive our unmanifested fears.

So let us keep our thoughts and our focus on the here and now.  Let us be the light for each other and ourselves.  Let us see the "Yay! You are here and I am here!"  Let us move confidently toward the sun's birth.  Let the past, as it happened and as it didn’t, remain at rest.

OthiloR.    We can stay right here, in this time and this place, and concentrate on now.  Our beloved dead are at hand if needed, cheering us forward.

I hope you have a great month!

-Lila

Othilo is also seen as: Othila, ethel, Othala, Odal, and Othalo

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The inheritance is not manifesting today. (othiloR)

  choices can be limited by emotional ties (kunosR)  

Remember: *What do I want?  What makes ME happy?

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It being a long couple of days, I'm tired.  Humorously, yesterday did not succeed as planned.  Sigh.

But, quick analysis of today...
           Well, I tried to take a picture with an inherited camera...  it did not come out in digital the way it looked in life.
           Emotional ties: hmm.  I probably could have encouraged an emotional connection to make a better choice.
           What do I want?  What makes me happy?  This one, I lived by today.  I weighed my choices, decided what I was willing to exchange for what I wanted, and made a decision based on what made me the happiest.  So.  Yay me!

I hope your day was as empowering.

-L