“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and
starting over.”
—Guy Finley
“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that
never were.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke
New Year Blessings Dear Soul,
I trust the holidays were exactly what you needed them to
be. It can be a complex time. Mine were restful and I took some much needed
time for myself.
Now I’m moving into knowing that 2017 was a blessing. Not
always easy considering the challenges and grief experienced. But I know when I
recognize the gifts in every part of it, my heart opens.
As I wrote more and more about living life from the heart
last year, something inside me began to give way.
That culminated less than a week ago. Everything changed for
me and the work I do. It began with anger and frustration. I knew I was leaving
something out. I had plans to write articles and publish and just write more in
general. It wasn’t happening. I was so focused on getting clients that I forgot…again…that
I’m a writer. I asked myself what would happen if I only focused on the words.
When I really listened, I knew that this was the path my heart wanted to take.
2018 will be about the words for me. I feel called to write
from the heart as well as live from it. The stories I have to share are my own.
The words that keep surfacing are not that different than what I’ve been doing.
The difference is that I’ll focus on writing and not working with clients. The
path to publishing requires some of the same platform building and marketing
and I’ve made peace with that because more than anything, I want to share my
words, my stories, my life in this way.
The Cauldron of Healing will continue. There is a new blog
on the website that has yet to greet the world. I’m calling it Waiting on Wingbeats and Stars. It’s
about creativity, courage and living from the heart. For that is finally what I’m
doing. I’m following the energy. I’m listening to what I truly want. And I’m doing
it.
May you find the courage to step into 2018 by fully stepping
into your dreams. 2017 taught me life is too short to wait for the perfect
moment or until I feel I know enough. As Rilke says in the quote above…let us
welcome the new year, full of things that never were.
Blessings,
Joanne
Why Cauldron of
Healing?
A cauldron is a container in which things are transformed by
the heat of fire. The fire represents those experiences that help us grow. Our
life is the cauldron, the container our soul uses to heal, transform and free us.
Here is what I mean by freedom.
Freedom is to enter life more fully,
not to escape it.
Freedom is to enter the body more fully,
not to transcend it.
Freedom is to enter the moment more fully,
not to move beyond it.
Freedom is…
yours.
Cauldron of Healing
The fire brings changes.
Life brings changes.
The wood burns and I with it.
There is no other light but that
which burns within.
The cauldron bears the heat.
All within breaks down just enough
for something new to be born.
I am stirred.
My emotions, my sense of balance
stirred until something else begins.
The heat. The fire. Soon…
the moment of my rebirth.
Joanne Young Elliott ©2016
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