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Full Moon Dreamboard: Corn Moon

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From Jamie’s post: “Today we’re celebrating the Full Corn Moon, the beginning of harvest season, a celebration of the fruits of golden summer and a preparation for what is to come.”

What dreams do I wish to bring to fruition?

Maybe it’s because I am just finishing a weekend retreat, but when I thought about this question, my response wasn’t about projects I hoped to complete or accomplishments I wanted to realize or plans I longed to fulfill, it was about my life, the quality of my experience.

I want to simplify, a return to innocence, to quiet and stillness, to fully experience my life without all the clutter and the chatter and the crap.

I want spaciousness. I want freedom. I want peace–internal contentment and calm. I want clarity and kindness, pure wisdom.

I long to ease suffering in the world, including my own. I want to show up and keep my heart open, to know courage, to stay with the beauty and the brutality, the tenderness and the terror.


May you be happy.
May you be peaceful.
May you be free from suffering.

Achieve happiness and balance.
Restore. Simplify. Rest.
Follow your natural instincts.
True to life.

There is a map written on your heart
rivers of wisdom
mountains of kindness
oceans of love
every road leading to wisdom
space and sky
real, tangible, solid and true
waiting to be traveled, to be seen, to be noticed.

Follow the map, the path to your True North,
each letter, each step, each breath
leading straight to the center of your heart,
to the being, the deep middle of your life.

Wishcasting Wednesday

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 Jamie took a break for a few weeks, but Wishcasting Wednesday is back!

What do you wish for your home?

Space. This does not at all mean we need a bigger house. Yes, our house is small, (1088 square feet), but there are three bedrooms (yes, tiny ones) and 1.5 baths, a one car garage, large living room, and a biggish backyard–plenty of space for two adults and two dogs. What there isn’t space for is all the stuff we’ve accumulated since we bought the house eleven years ago. We downsized by about 400 square feet, so purged a lot in that move, but there is more that could be done to start clearing out and letting go and getting more room to move around and breathe.

Cleanliness. I confess, I haven’t been keeping the cleanest house in the last year or so. By the end of the week, the laundry pile in the bathroom threatens to topple over and crush someone. The garage looks like a hoarder’s house. Everything is disorganized, disordered, and covered in a layer of dust, dirt, and dog hair. The dogs don’t seem to mind any of this, but they like to roll in dirt and eat dead stuff, so their opinion doesn’t count.

Value. By this I don’t mean property or market value or what we could sell the place for, what I mean is I’d like to have a house that is clearly loved and appreciated, and one that is filled with quality items that are cherished and useful.

Comfort. I often walk through my front door, greeted by two happy dogs, stand in the golden light of the entry, look around, sigh deeply, and think to myself, “I love my little house.”  I wish for this feeling to continue, to go on feeling soft, relaxed, and rested in this space.

Refuge. A feeling of safety, of shelter, the calm center in the midst of the storm.

Stability. I wish this for the physical structure of my home, but also the less tangible nature of the space, to be a place that feels solid and sane.

Joy. Wall-to-wall happiness, warmth, laughter, fun, play, pleasure, delight, and wonder.

Love. There can never be enough love, so I wish for more, and then for even more than that. I wish for love to fill every crack, every corner.