tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142954469220297503.post6309787224291522721..comments2023-09-15T10:23:11.246-06:00Comments on Reflections from the Shaman's Hut: Give it up!Trent Deerhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168860122958861291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142954469220297503.post-68883796007121951872008-05-12T08:45:00.000-06:002008-05-12T08:45:00.000-06:00Hi Gail,I am dedicating the song "Sledge Hammer" t...Hi Gail,<BR/><BR/>I am dedicating the song "Sledge Hammer" to you!<BR/><BR/>Blessings<BR/>TrentTrent Deerhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168860122958861291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142954469220297503.post-87460415076583390112008-05-10T08:16:00.000-06:002008-05-10T08:16:00.000-06:00An even bigger challenge we may all face in this l...An even bigger challenge we may all face in this lifetime is sifting through all the emotional 'junk' we've accumulated. As we begin our inner journeys, it's all this 'stuff' we've been keeping that masks our true selves. The layers pile up, one upon the other, and when we think we have no room for one more thing, something else comes along that we must find room for. So we stuff it in with the rest of the junk, mashing it down, compacting it. After awhile, everything is so tightly packed that no light gets through, because we've finally succeeded in creating a secure wall we can live behind, 'safe' from the onslaughts of the cruelties of this world. What isn't realized during the building process is that once the wall is completed our true selves have no outlet for expression, no connection with others. If the process isn't reversed, if we don't wake up and 'clean house', we are in for a lot of lonely days,<BR/>lonelier nights, but most of all, we are at the mercy of our fears, all those things we built the wall to protect ourselves from in the first place.<BR/>Manifest yourself a hammer and start swingin'!!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685245937708975802noreply@blogger.com