J is for juggling pagan blog project

I had to look up what letter we are on and apparently it is J so juggling it is.

I am not talking about the physical kind of course I am talking about the kind that we are all more adept with and that is the mental and theoretical kind.

here are few of the balls I have in the air at the moment. Yours might be the same or more or less or different but all are valid.

kid trying to make her behave and know I love her and teach her everything and let her learn and grow and make mistakes. ok that is several balls

my house keeping it looking more like a home and less like a herd of wild water buffalo have just stampede through.

Packing That’s right we are moving

oh and speaking of moving. the paper work that goes with a new home

blogging and reading all the blogs I love. Ok this ball has been on the floor a lot lately

my coven. leading, browning, planning, mentoring

work Oh yeah that too

family not stressed but still something to keep tabs on

FB duties as an admin. love it and take surprisingly a lot of time.

side business. workbooks and teaching etc. again not getting a whole ton of stuff done here.

At this point you might be wondering what this has to do with being pagan. Well it doesn’t it has to do with being human my Christian and Jewish and Muslim and Atheist friends all go through it too but there is a particular piece that I do feel applies to paganhood.

some people call it balance and personally find that laughable. I will never be balanced with 13.4% of my time spent in each category, and to be honest I wouldn’t want to. Things come up and need more attention at times than others. Some times the ball is sailing through the air and sometimes it needs you to toss it up.

One of  part that pagans have to deal with is often who knows I’m a pagan can I be me fully here or do I worry they might envision burning me at the stake. Or will they somehow bully my family because of what I choose to believe.

There is also the ever popular but “I want to just check out of my mundane life and life a completely spiritual life somewhere remote” option I hear from time to time. In this fantasy money and maybe the prospect of eating don’t come into play. For me this is just not reality and I wouldn’t want it. I have perfectly happy living in this world as a spiritual person and living my day-to-day life in the mundane world with and an eye always on my faith. Because that is the thing about juggling, you are interacting with all the balls no matter which one is in your hand they all interplay and what happens to one will affect the others. I’m never going to be a hermit tossing one ball up and down I am always going to have a rainbow of balls arching  through the sky and that is ok with me.

 

Salute to the sun

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Keep Merida strong and brave!

Reblogged from Adventures and Musings of a Hedgewitch:

https://www.change.org/petitions/disney-say-no-to-the-merida-makeover-keep-our-hero-brave

This is a bunch of hog wash! please sign this for my daughter and for all daughters!

Darling People

Reblogged from A Sacred Journey:

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Darling people, I just feel moved to write this little letter to you all. You see I read an article on Citizen of Fashion blog that really saddened me. You can check it out for yourself but what I'm writing about here is kindness and compassion. In this world there is so much competition, fast-moving lifestyles and greed and yet we suffer.

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be kind

What I’m reading

Poetry month - T'was the night before Beltane

Reblogged from Adventures and Musings of a Hedgewitch:

This is what happens when the system goes down at work.

)O(

T’was the night before Beltane

And all through the house

Not a creature was stirring

Well, Brownies chasing a mouse.

The Maypole was hung in the garden

With care

In hopes that the coven soon would be there.

The people were nestled all snug in their tents

Some of them dreaming of bonfires immense…

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:)

And you can guess I now love Jason Collins

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/

Masterpiece Monday - My Mother's Pictures

Reblogged from Adventures and Musings of a Hedgewitch:

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Several years ago I participated in a combination gallery and performance art exhibition based on the tarot called My Mother’s Pictures. It was a dream of one of the TOILA priestess’ and we made it come true for her. It was based on the Major Arcana of the tarot but as I recall we had so many people wanting to do it we ended up with a few court cards and Minor Arcana.

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such a moving piece

I is for Intuition

This will be a short post I can tell. Mostly because Little is running around. I have to remind myself that a post written in 5 minutes is still worth it as I am remembering my thoughts for later. They will never be as eloquent as I would like and of course not as academic as I like because who can find the right sources for random thoughts that flow through your head when you have no time to even write fully.

back to the point.

All of my spiritually relies heavily on intuition. Yes I do read history and science and legends and lore. I check sources. At the end of the day I use my intuition. I use it to find the information I need in other sources and I use it to decide if any  given rite or ritual is for me.

I think of intuition as my inner voice. The one softly guiding me down my right path. I think so highly of it that it is a key component in my teaching. Often people will ask “what does this mean” or “what should I do” often I disappoint because instead of telling them I ask “what do you think it means?” or “what do you think you should do?” or “what does it mean to you?” We talk it though and I offer insights if I think it appropriate but mostly I am teaching them to hear their own soft voice and listen to their intuition.

 

Health Benefits of Tea | 5 Most Surprising Reasons to Drink Tea

Reblogged from Adventures and Musings of a Hedgewitch:

http://www.caring.com/articles/5-best-reasons-to-drink-tea?utm_medium=email&utm_source=suggests&utm_content=20130425

I'm drinking mine right now :)