What to watch for today:
* Healing words, emotional thoughts
* Feeling sorry for ourselves
* Lack of confidence
* Emotional repression
* Trying to smooth over something that feels too painful to examine honestly
* Spirituality as a defense or unhealthy coping mechanism
* The painful conversation
* Heavy, oppressive thoughts and moods
* Finding resolution or support mentally/emotionally
* Independence
* Going in a new direction
* Learning to listen to each other at a deeper level
* Judgments you can only make on your own
* A feeling of personal empowerment
* Conflicts building, growing, complexifying in relationships
* Over stepping, saying too much, trespassing
* Too much pride to apologize
* Being bold, finding courage, stepping up
* Keeping things simple, ordinary, natural
* A day in the sun, feeling the body, loving the earth
* Burps and farts are natural, so is everything else
* Wealth, health, and pleasure
* Money, finances, and investments
* The fantasy of simplicity..its contrived controlling quality
* Flowers coming up
Images:
* A trauma victim talks in her sleep
* Tears at a memorial service
* A Shepherd walking with his sheep
* Telling an animal to go lay down, then feeling bad about it, “come back.”
* A fresh spring bouquet on the kitchen table
* A woman sits down, unbearable silence, says “I have something to tell you.”
* A community gathers to make offerings
* A dog finds comfort in a muddy, sunny spot
* Bird singing outside, a man says, “I don’t trust it yet.”
* Lovers go to bed angry, wake up during the night to make love
* A proud woman running, hits a puddle, soaks her new shoes
* A kindly worded note from a friend
* A hot cup of coffee, a damn fine cup of coffee, just the right amount of cream
* A man thinks to himself, “I wish this could last forever”
* Trees bulging
* A cowboy in the city
* A man in a suit paddling a canoe
* A woman suddenly shoves everything off a table or counter top, smiles, “let’s go.”
* Ants rioting
Prayer: There’s only one spring, and it lasts forever
Image by courtesy of Billy Wilson, at creative commons image licensing