LIR 42815 Weekly

    Hagalaz                                                             

Eihwaz R

EihwazR is about connections, bridges, the middleman standing between two (or more) worlds.

   This week, Eihwaz asks us to contemplate the connections in the situation.

   Does there need to be a bridge or a mediator? Could the situation be helped with an extra step, a translation, a primary overseer?

   Does the situation have a bridge that is not needed? Would the various groups in the project do better to work on their own piece before trying it as a whole?  Can the training wheels come off?

   And the final question: Are you being asked to be the bridge? Do you want to do it?

Hagalaz is the storm, the change, the traumatic change.

   It being spring, Hagalaz could symbolize an actual storm or natural event which causes change - even a small storm can blow away an unneeded piece of paper. Though we may have thought we really needed that paper!

   It could be an emotional or spiritual or situational storm - because something as simple as a haircut can be a traumatic change. Which is redundant. Change is Traumatic, even when we're prepared.

   Perhaps Hagalaz is a question. What could stand to be shaken up? What change in routine, diet, clothes, place, could help release something we no longer need?

EihwazR and Hagalaz could be connected - the decision about the connections or bridges will effect a change.

Whatever the situation, the question, or the answer, remember your truth. It may be different from everyone else's, but it is just as right, for you. And that, standing for yourself, can be the biggest, most traumatic, most simple act of them all.

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Welcome to the transitional post!

Though I suppose the next one will be the actual transitional one.

This month at least, I am finding it difficult to analyze the week previous. I'm very busy looking ahead. So I have changed the style of the post for the next coming week, and I am putting my observation and thoughts about the reading in when I write it.

It's interesting how things transition, isn't it? And is this just for this post, this month? Or for moving forward?

I can tell you, quickly, before I move on, that there were storms in nature last week, as well as a huge shift in myself. I went to the Threshold Choir International Gathering, and in reviewing my actions, it rather feels like I crammed all my years of growth and change into 3 days.

It felt like an Up With People gathering, so on day 1, my automatic defenses rose to people pleasing, bright and shiny Lila. By day 2 (with some deep breathing and permission to remember it is only practice) I had brought myself to vocational Lila - still a little unsure how to present herself directly to people, but much more comfortable exploring her options and space. And then, glorious day 3, (despite the misread as described in the last post), ah, day 3 was the first formal appearance of Lila Unic Allen, Happiness Coach, Story Teller, & World Creator. When I spoke, I spoke from my truth. When I listened, it was without judgment. It felt pretty awesome. She stayed for day 4.

As for the worlds to straddle, or the bridges to burn - I'm not sure. There are so many aspects it could apply to. So, I'll just keep moving forward. 

I hope you have a great week!

-Lila

LIR 11614 HagalazR

No storm today, so if you're prepping for a transition, you have more time.  Focus on the things (physical, emotional, mental) you definitely want to take with you - strengthen & secure them.  And breathe.

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These last few days, the meaning of HagalazR was slightly different for me than interpreted.  
This week we had a memorial to celebrate the lives of two family members who have died.  One of those we were remembering was my mom.  

I ended up, somehow, as the event coordinator.

And many people had RSVP'd.

In the past, my method of operation tended to be what one could politely call scattered, possibly even frantic.  Kind of like running just to stay in place.  And it usually ended with frayed nerves, tempers and hurt feelings.  Nothing tests communication skills like party prep.

But HagalazR said, "it doesn't have to be like that."  It doesn't have to be a storm of emotion, it doesn't have to be "sound and fury".  It doesn't have to be a huge, traumatic event.  I had my lists; I had my prep schedule.  I knew what I wanted to have done and  I knew what I hoped the final presentation would look like and I knew (though I had to remind myself often) that the final result would not match the "perfect" picture in my head and that was fine!  I even knew that I had to be decisive and not spend half the time looking for approval from others.

I did not need to have a storm of running around and barking orders and little tiffs in the corner.  I just needed to be calm.  To know that in the end, what would be would be.  And, most importantly, to focus on one thing at a time, which is not easy when there a people begging to be helpful.  Wanting to be included?  Asking questions and needing direction and getting in the way.  It is often easier to do than try and describe what to do.  

But, again, instead of making it a production, instead of giving into the whirlwind of energy, I breathed.  I said, just a moment, finished my current thought or project, and then I moved on.

Not to say a little excitement and nerves aren't a part of party prep.  Adrenaline is very useful!  But I much preferred the feeling of accomplishment from yesterday's party - a nice quiet glow, instead of a list of terrors and frustrations.  I am grateful to all the helpers.  I am grateful to me for being part of the solution, and I am so grateful to HagalazR for the reminder that it doesn't need to be a storm.

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LIR 11914  Nothing

No rune.  No advice.  No special focus.  Just breathe.  Be true.  Maybe relax a little.  And I hope you have a great day!

-Lila