zena musings

Quote of the Day

The most powerful thing you can do to change the world
is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people and reality
to something more positive . . . and begin to act accordingly.

Shakti Gawain

(Photo by Jon Fobes.)

Quote of the Day

The only thing you get from sitting on the pity pot
is a ring around your butt and nobody to show it to.
~Anonymous

I've been toying with the idea of a "get off the pity pot" candle. This would be the perfect quote for it!

Amazing how suddenly my brain can start telling me lies, convincing me in a heartbeat: I'm alone. I don't belong. I'm fucked. Thankfully, emotional pain often leads me to doing exactly what I most need to do -- which tonight was to call girlfriends in Seattle. Left S.O.S. messages with some and reached the one I was meant to reach . . . who made me laugh, loved me, soaked up my love and told me what I needed to hear. Best of all I connected . . . and was able to continue connecting the rest of the evening. I'm not alone. I do belong. I'm not fucked.

Taking the right action -- especially when I don't want to -- saves my ass yet again.

Three truths I need to keep learning ('cuz I keep forgetting):

1. Feelings are not facts
2. Don't believe everything you think
3. Don't believe everything you believe

Exciting day tomorrow -- Bryon and Lucy arrive, and zena moon's new workerbees start their first day of work! :)

Anne Wilson Schaef Quote

I just paid a long overdue visit to Jennifer Boire's blog Muse Mother and read this quote:

I believe I'm here to speak my truth and that's all I have to do.
I don't have to make people understand it...
I just have to speak the truth.
~Anne Wilson Schaef

This message appears everywhere I turn! And yet I cannot hear it too many times. I'm listening, I'm speaking and I'm writing my truth -- and I know I need to do all three on a more consistent basis (especially the writing, God help me).

For me, "I don't have to make people understand it" is today's brass ring!

Deep breath. Exhale...