Happy Anniversary, Me!
Feb. 7th, 2006 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sun_set_bravelyToday marks the second anniversary of my self-wedding ceremony, which I wrote about last year around this time. It has been an unbelievable two years since I made the vow to myself to support and love myself unconditionally.
When I first set out on this intentional journey, I could only have dreamed about the events that would follow. I left a dead-end job, I learned how to work from home, I got engaged to a man who is truly my equal and my life's partner, I launched my freelance magazine writing career, I found part-time work that energizes me and supports another person's creative process, and, most astonishingly, I committed to telling my own stories in my writing. How did this happen? I am amazed and grateful. It occurs to me that all those Bible verses and hymns that I used to recite were right on the mark -- Goddess/God/The Universe/whatever you want to call the Divine Creator really is waiting to bless us every moment of our lives, if we're ready to take that fearsome step out into the unknown.
It's also approaching my fourth LJ anniversary, which is really unbelievable. Four years? I started this journal only five months after September 11th, when many personal foundations (mine included) were shifted and shattered. I'm grateful for the people I've met and learned from in those four years, and for the opportunity to write about my life's dimensions in a safe space where I can try to understand myself better.
This morning, I am thinking about guardian angels, and the many ways that they arrive and bless me unexpectedly, at the exact moments when I need encouragement and light. Many of you on my friends' list (and my anonymous readers) are among the host of angels who guide and nurture me, and I wanted to openly thank you. I hope that my life can in turn bless others around me as you have blessed me. Thank you all.
When I first set out on this intentional journey, I could only have dreamed about the events that would follow. I left a dead-end job, I learned how to work from home, I got engaged to a man who is truly my equal and my life's partner, I launched my freelance magazine writing career, I found part-time work that energizes me and supports another person's creative process, and, most astonishingly, I committed to telling my own stories in my writing. How did this happen? I am amazed and grateful. It occurs to me that all those Bible verses and hymns that I used to recite were right on the mark -- Goddess/God/The Universe/whatever you want to call the Divine Creator really is waiting to bless us every moment of our lives, if we're ready to take that fearsome step out into the unknown.
It's also approaching my fourth LJ anniversary, which is really unbelievable. Four years? I started this journal only five months after September 11th, when many personal foundations (mine included) were shifted and shattered. I'm grateful for the people I've met and learned from in those four years, and for the opportunity to write about my life's dimensions in a safe space where I can try to understand myself better.
This morning, I am thinking about guardian angels, and the many ways that they arrive and bless me unexpectedly, at the exact moments when I need encouragement and light. Many of you on my friends' list (and my anonymous readers) are among the host of angels who guide and nurture me, and I wanted to openly thank you. I hope that my life can in turn bless others around me as you have blessed me. Thank you all.
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Date: 2006-02-07 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-02-07 04:21 pm (UTC)Do you consider your ceremony regularly? Like, if you are stuck or feeling beleaguered, does remembering your ritual put you back on the right track? Or did things just start to shift and happen organically after it?
I have been thinking about my little solo Valentine's Day ceremony last year and how profound it was and how it set me up so much to take what good arrived later - so I am curious about your experience. Your faith is magnificent. Thanks for being a part of my life.
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Date: 2006-02-08 03:31 pm (UTC)I'd forgotten that you did that V-Day ceremony last year! I'm glad that it has set you up well. I really think that these solitary rituals that mark our private evolutions do much to seal off old thoughts, and make fertile soil for new ones.
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Date: 2006-02-07 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-08 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-07 06:53 pm (UTC)I’m proud to be with you along this crazy journey.
Love,
Vu
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Date: 2006-02-08 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-07 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-08 03:34 pm (UTC)Bessings
Date: 2006-02-08 12:53 am (UTC)courage to branch out in freelance
impresses me. I suspect you are a
bit of an angel yourself.
Re: Bessings
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