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| Transformation to the 3rd Power |
My gratitude overflows for the transformation that has occurred in my life since receiving Clarissa, my pacemaker. Intriguingly, during the week after Clarissa entered my life, I intuitively made a centering mandala with three butterflies. Now three months out, after a previous long period of sluggishly dragging myself from day to day, I have renewed energy, greater physical flexibility, and enhanced mental alertness.
Why did this these symbols of transformation appear as i was integrating Clarissa into my life? They are not the endangered species of Monarchs I've been working for some time to protect. These butterflies emerged from inside me as a message from my psyche. I suspect the big one represents my health and well-being after Clarissa.
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| Youthful Joy |
But what about the other two? I remember feeling young and joyful when I put in the small pink, magenta and turquoise one. The new life she represents has not yet been revealed but might relate to publishing my third book, REINVENT YOURSELF with Dreaming & Artful Play, in the Year of the Tiger, 2022.
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| Memories of the Monkey Dance |
The brown, blue and white one reminds me of Indonesian batik cloth. Maybe it’s about pulling together spirit methods I have honed over many years into a Learning Lab in which participants create stories of personal change while going on a reinvention journey as they learn to guide dreamwork and artful play exercises.
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| Signs of Life |
Human ignorance
Endangering our mother
Mountain snow retreats
May your Year of the Tiger be filled with strength, courage, and ingenuity. Perhaps the simple act of drawing a circle and spontaneously putting something within will open a window into where your life wants to go next.
5 comments:
Thank you for this joy-filled message of energy and gratitude, LiDona! How delightful you link your new life with Clarissa to the coming Lunar New Year!
This will be my third year of hosting a Lunar New Year dinner with friends feasting on wonderful Chinese food from "Peter's Chinese" amidst my Chinese decor collected over the years.
How about joining us on Feb 1?
Ann
Best wishes as you and Clarissa work on completing "REINVENT YOURSELF." I was born in a Year of the Tiger a long time back but always reamain eager for it to reappear. I have expectations of great things occuring.
Butterfly experience to begin a new year surging with renewed energy. My heart is icing this. And I am inspired t name my new ICD. Happy for your new healthy body. May it carry you gently as you wak with Tiger. Tiger, Clarissa, Butterfly and LiDona (sub Judi White)
That is a very beautiful meditation on life and art. I love the way you parse each of three different butterflies carefully into the wings of your life. If you are interested in haiku, there is much to learn, and Natalie Goldberg’s recent book “Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku” is a wonderful guide by a woman very much like you or me—of an age and interests.
I was born in the Year of the Tiger, too, although the Chinese annual designators are not part of my natal culture. Still, any imagistic addition to the boundless Self is worthy.
I’m so happy the pacemaker is working for you.
You are amazing. Reading your blog was very interesting and I enjoyed it. I am blessed and honored to be your friend. I love you and I miss seeing you every day. Best Regards
Aracely
I hope to see you soon
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