Bridge Over Troubled Water

Well, it rained.....again. My area of the world has had record rainfall for the last few weeks. Our basement is seeping water into the laundry room (which is not that inconvenient)and into the Counselling Room (which is highly inconvenient for me and my clients). It reminded me of this little setting in a Zen Garden at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. I thought to myself how nice it would be if the bridges could all have the option of going over rock and stone instead of water. I think I might have to build a bridge from my back patio to my garage! Then if we could just attach some pontoons to the car....

Really, I think that if everyone just focuses on welcoming the Sun every morning, noon, and evening we might, with our thoughts, be able to turn this flooding thing around! My invitation.....TRY IT, PEOPLE! TRY IT! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, TRY IT! Glug, blub, blub.....

Blessed Be
Trent
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www.deerhornshamanic.com

Flow vs Control

My partner said to me last night that "In order to get in the flow, we need to let go of control." Brilliant!! So I wrote that down right away. It was at whatever time in the wee hours of the morning that she said this. So considering the last time I did not write it down and forgot it by the time morning came along, I thought that I would write it down. Still sounds profound to me.

So often we are desperately trying to control the things and people around us just to feel safe and secure that we get completely out of the flow of the universe. So I woke up this morning and saw that the weather is really kind of nasty and went through about 5 minutes of self-grumbling because I now have to wear pants instead of my summer shorts, and then it hit me! Like a ton of bricks it was! I don't need to be put out by the weather because I don't need to control it in any way! As a shaman I am trained to influence the weather, yes, but I don't have to! And I don't have to do that in order to have a wonderful day no matter what the weather may be! Whew! One less thing for which I need to be responsible!

So now I can get on with having an excellent day and I can do so no matter what the freaky weather is doing! I hope all of you out there are able to do the same.

Blessed Be
Trent