Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

LIR Weekly 5615 - EihwazR, EhwazR, JeraR, Perthro


I forgot to take a picture when I did the reading, so I'm hoping to link to the video. 


Runes are read from bottom to top


From the position of the runes (EihwazR being below the chain,) it appears this is a continuation of last week's work with projects or divisible worlds - worlds which need bridges, connections. Last week we decided if they needed bridges, or if it was better to let them - each world, each part of the project, each section of the choir - work alone.

This week is a good time to look at those disparate worlds and see what it is that keeps them from flowing together. Is every part operating under the same goals, the same culture, the same language? Is everyone singing the same song? Comparison and judgment can be good tools.

And, again, do you (do we, do I) want it to be in flow? Is the discordant effect wrong, or right for the truth we're seeking?

This week will probably not produce anything, for all the work and effort we're putting into this project; perhaps it's not time for it to produce anything yet. (so, don't sing the song for the public, don't present the report). There may be another question to ask. Is all this work worth the expected harvest?

It is a good time to get some outside opinions, however. A dress rehearsal, beta testing, or even taking a perception of the project(s) from the overview, instead of from the inside. Recording, practicing, seeing the piece as a whole can help wiggle out where some tuning might be helpful.

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Of course, my own insecurities do pop up immediately - OH NO! What am I doing wrong? Why won't it fit together? Why doesn't anything go the way I want it to?

Then my inner coach gives me my pillow pet and reminds me, there are no mistakes. This is all practice. Big and small, stage show and outfit, final test for college and new business launch. You can only do what you can do. I cannot do your best. You cannot do my best. WE can each only do our best. So how much do I want to give to this project, regardless of its production value? How much time, energy, love, passion, do I want to exert?

And when I put it that way, I can think of a few situations which might fall into this reading very nicely. I'll have to think about the outside influence though. That's something which will require practice… well, I guess it depends on which situation I'm in.

Hmm. I wonder if I can apply the accepting attitude of a place where I request outside information (like voice lessons) to the places I don't want it so much (like when I'm talking about writing and everyone wants to tell me how to get things published.)

Thank you, and I hope you have a Great week!

-Lila

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

111213 - Othilo, Naihwaz

It is ok to gift today, be it knowledge, energy, stuff.  A helping hand now means when you're in need, you will have more than enough.

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My difficulty with today's reading was the number of opportunities to give.  From charity calls to doing a little extra for someone close to hand, the day was full of moments of guilt.  "Was that the person I was supposed to help today?"

But.  When I step back and look at that statement, it just feels slimy.  Gifting something is not an obligation; if it feels like one, then I'm not actually freely giving.

Also, just because the stones say, doesn't mean I HAVE to do it.  Maybe the reading would have been, for me, "There will be many opportunities to give... knowledge, energy, stuff."  But, as always it is my choice what I give and what I retain.  Just because there's a little extra energy or time today in no way devalues our own choices.

Looking back at today, there were moments I  easily stepped in or stepped away, sent out my thoughts to others, gave of time or energy.  That was gifting.

I hope you had a great day!

-Lila

ps - and a side note.  Naihwaz may also have meant, for me, "Yay.  The the end of the project is in sight. Keep going!  You can relax when you're finished. You have plenty of other projects clamoring for your attention, so don't stop now!."

Sunday, November 10, 2013

111013 - KunosR, BerkanoR

It may feel like there are no choices, or like it's difficult to make one.  So, just do.  Step forward.  And move on.  The only approval you need is your own.

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Let's talk about levels, shall we?

This reading was about projects, for me.  On two levels.

The first, I'm doing that wonderful budgeting thing, which required me to get all my financial information in one place.  (I switched bookkeeping methods halfway through the year because I like the way Quickbooks does bank reconciliations.)  Of course, I thought this would be a relatively easy process, being as I love numbers and playing with spreadsheets.  
Half way through the day and I'm not even half way through the project... I can either quit or keep going.  But (she shrugs) there is no other way to get the information together the way I want it.  Therefore, through is the only way out.

Concurrently, a project was underway in the household to fix a leaking shower.  One of THOSE projects, where one starts with expectations of replacing a difficult to reach washer and ends up tearing a hole in the wall to replace a broken pipe.  (Happily, the person doing the actual work was able to DO the actual work.)  
But, halfway through the day, in the middle of the project, I can imagine there was a moment of "well, I can either quit, or keep going." My bladder and my greasy hair are thankful he kept going!

And as I was washing my hair (not in the just repaired, the caulk must dry shower, thank you) I wondered... are all projects like that?  You start with an expectation of fulfilling an idea and then you end up in the middle of this big mess and the only way to get anything done is to keep going?  From yard projects to planning events to city construction to country laws.  Things that sound great in the idea stage can become unwieldy half way through.

But the only way to make it through and make improvements is to start and see what works and what doesn't.

So. 

I hope you have a great day!

-Lila