@dannyboy Well if we revoked people's status for losing it from time to time, I'd be out for good. I think it makes us love you more for it. Take care.
You are human.
You also are kind, compassionate, caring, intelligent, willing to grow, appreciate wisdom, can think logically and act in love. You seek truth and honesty. You also can consider a larger picture and the impact for the greater good.
Perhaps there will come a day when your family can get to that place also.
In the meantime keep following your path and continue making the world better than you have found it. You can't control how your family acts and what they believe. You can however keep your own light shining and growing. You do that so well already Dannyboy.
You will weather this storm. What branches you may lose in the storms you face will simply tell part of your life story. You ultimately get to define how you live that life. The water from the storm will help revitalize you. The sun which comes out afterword can help you grow new and stronger branches and beautiful fresh green leaves which will grow to new heights. . You can let your roots hug the soil and ground you in the richness of Mother Earth and let it feed your soul.
You many notice along the way, the shade you provide to others on hot afternoons, the food your offer to the animals, the home give to birds and chipmunks.
One tree can impact many. Some people will walk through a forest and never notice the individual trees living within. What a loss for them.
I notice that you are a beautiful strong and giving tree and we are all the more fortunate for my friend.
@dannyboy You’re going to have to move over because I am in the same camp with you today. I have been venting all day about my sister who won’t listen to reason, thinks everything I say is wrong, contradicts everything any one tells her and keeps doing the same thing over and over with dreadful results. Nevertheless, she will keep on listening to her lazy, lying, cheating, thieving and manipulating grandkids. It would not be so bad if she didn’t live less than 10 minutes away and calls to tell me the latest unbelievable and disgusting antics of the trio. Because of them and their mother, she has filed for bankruptcy twice. It takes a lot to make me angry but I, too, have been spewing not nice words and stomping around like a lunatic. I have had enough and have made the decision that I will not allow her to tell me anything about those kids. If she starts, I am shutting her down. So, it’s okay to be angry because it’s only human . Probably by tomorrow or the day after we should be better. Will be thinking of you, comrade in arms with the messed up families.
@lenor @lovendures @jeanne-Mayell you are the best humans and I appreciate both the grace and realism today. My sister had always been the religious and closed minded one. I keep getting more and more frustrated because my mother is the person who taught me why it matters to think of others and the common good vs “looking out for number one” and she’s been on the Trump Train since the escalator. I always come back from a visit there in a bad mood. Thank you!
It is difficult to be in the presence of dark energy, especially when family members greet it with open arms.
Sometimes I find myself acting like my dog when I take him for a walk Usually he walks easily along me. But recently, if I want to turn back earlier or stay out later than he does, he will full-stop put on the brakes and not move. It's as though he is saying" No! No! NO! NO!" You can't make me go that way. I feel the same way when I am surrounded by negative dark energy producing people. I want to full-stop, put on the brakes and say "NO! NO! NO!
If I must be in their environment, it's difficult not to come back affected in some way, even just a little bit. I prefer to avoid them or the situation altogether if I can. As an empath I can't always shield myself the way I'd like, though I try.
When people are drinking the Kool-Aid, they don't taste the poison base inside. They instead enjoy the drink and go back for more. The more dark poison one drinks, the darker the body becomes right? It is difficult to share light with someone who is comfortable living in the dark.
You don't need to be a lighthouse.
You can instead leave the porch light on and have hope that when they are ready, they will find their way back home.
@dannyboy @lenor, I thought of you both when I heard this song today. I was meant to hear it as well. I was feeling discouraged on so many levels, personally as well as collectively. We're all so divided right now. Give yourself a break, my friends. The family stuff is often the hardest to deal with.
This song always energizes me and gives me hope. We can still stand our ground, shine our light, and accept the beauty of our human imperfections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA
I totally forgot to write an update on your You'll Never Walk Alone post. Later on the day you posted about the song, I decided to ask Alexa to play Josh Groban music. Guess what song she played first? Yep! You'll Never Walk Alone. I think confirms your message and am glad you posted what you got. Probably a reminder for all of us that we are. not alone.
Somebody here needs to hear that song (besides us I think).
Why is it that I only now realized both Ringo Star and George Harrison play on this song with Petty???
Seriously, wow how did I miss that ...?
Hi You'll Never Walk Alone is the anthem for Englands Liverpool FC. I have attached a video of it being sung at Melbourne Cricket Ground with a crowd of 95,000 fans and a bit of history re Liverpool, they seem to take the song to heart.
BEST YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE EVER!!! - YouTube
You’ll Never Walk Alone: lyrics and how it became Liverpool Football Club’s anthem - Classic FM
Regards to all
Does anyone have a read on how all of the major legislative battles and potential consequences will pan out this week? I’m feeling very nervous about all of the challenges to getting Biden’s infrastructure/social programs spending bill and the bill to fund the government passed, raising the debt ceiling, avoiding government shutdown, etc. (I have my own issues going on with pending car and home repairs starting this week and my own irrational fear of Mercury retrograde (starting today for the next three weeks) and pregnancy hormones but that’s a whole other can of worms..)
@nelysthealchemist I don’t have a “panic feeling” - I’m totally zen
full disclosure though that’s what I’m getting in everything so it might be time to cut back on the nightly edible for sleep. Will gladly take anyone else’s intuition on this but I’m completely calm about this. If one or both don’t pass we’ll see new forms of them again.
@nelysthealchemist I don’t have a “panic feeling” - I’m totally zen
full disclosure though that’s what I’m getting in everything so it might be time to cut back on the nightly edible for sleep. Will gladly take anyone else’s intuition on this but I’m completely calm about this. If one or both don’t pass we’ll see new forms of them again.
@nelysthealchemist I'm a life-long news junkie, but I stopped watching or reading news. It's just too much. I think we're reaching peak insanity, macro and micro. So if it's possible, try to limit the news intake.
Lately my attitude is "lo que Dios quiera." That's a Spanish phrase that literally means "what God wants," but it's closer to "cie la vie" or "whatever" (eye roll included). Cubans say it when you basically feel like it's out of your hands and well, let's see what the Creator can do about it cause we're flat out of ideas. It's said with both humor and resignation.
There is a coming storm, but whatever the outcome, we still have to live our lives. My parents lived under a dictatorship and later exile and poverty but they still found joy at times.
It may take years for this insanity to sort itself out (heck, it's BEEN years already) but in the meantime we have to find what joy we can. Time slips through our fingers while we wait for things to become normal again. Let's take back our time.
This is the feeling I'm getting now and I feel moved to share it with you.
@nelysthealchemist Reading about your baby brings me joy. Your baby will be a light in this world.
Like @dannyboy I’m feeling calm about this week. I’m paying attention, but not immersing myself in the news. Somehow, I’ve distanced myself from the sturm und drang of the legislative process. My rational self thinks it’s a pretty long shot that all these bills get passed by the Senate, yet, my intuitive self says things may not be as dark as they seem. I see the strain on Pelosi’s face and know she’s under tremendous pressure and think we should send her light and strength. We should do that for all the members of Congress, that they be surrounded by higher powers.
I love that song as well. So powerful. & oh my gosh, in that video he looks soooooo YOUNG!!!
There are so songs of his I love, many that are filled with Spirit, but Anthem always brings me to (joyful) tears because my late husband sent me a message through Josh's rendition of it. My husband, Larry, who was a musician, knew how much I loved Josh, and once sent me flowers at work on my birthday and the card said, "From Josh." My boss said, WHO IS JOSH!!! Larry was a jazz drummer and although he heard Josh's power, and said "Never heard anyone 'own' a song the way Josh does."I was the one who loved his music, but Lar loved me loving Josh's music. Early on, when Josh was in Chess on Broadway, Larry knew how much I loved the song, but this was waaaay before the CD Stages. When Larry passed in January 2014 I found I couldn't—oddly enough—listen to my Josh CDs. I had expected them to bring me comfort, but I just couldn't listen. Then, one Sunday at a little spiritual center I have been a part of for nearly 40 years, I received a "message." The message was "Larry will be contacting you through music, listen for the violins." Hmmm," I thought, "violins, OK, not one of Larry's compositions!" Now I had already had clear indication of Larry's presence, and he pops in now and then all these years later as well, but I found the message intriguing since the woman who gave it to me didn't know Larry particularly, certainly not his music. She was also a very accurate intuitive so I trusted the message--even though violins made absolutely no sense to me. When nothing happened in the next few weeks I let it go—sometimes messages from Spirit make sense and sometimes they don't. 'tis life. Anyway, about six months after the message (and not yet a year since his passing) I was looking something up online and out of the blue Josh's video of Anthem popped up on my screen. Of course I listened. The bridge in that song is violins. The line directly after the violins is "I've crossed over borders but I'm still there now." I burst into tears. This of course, was the message. Larry knew how much I loved that song and it had not been recorded before his passing. I was able to listen to Josh again after that, because I finally really wept. Knowing about Spirit and being an intuitive medium doesn't mean we get a pass on grief. We all work through such things in our own way. I thought I was doing just fine, and then, thanks to Josh and Larry, I finally truly wept. Here's to all of us communicating with love, across borders, whatever kind of borders there are. ❤️ Karrie
Merc Retro isn't always bad. I am not an astrologer but I have been super aware of Merc Retro for decades. I finally realized that it can actually be quite positive if one is trying to rectify something from the past or reclaim an emotion or behavior. I have been contemplating the idea that Biden's bills will correct many wrongs so perhaps this Merc Rstro will actually help not hinder the Biden agenda . As my husband used to say, "It could happen." ?
Seems everyone got caught up on a song dream and no one answered you.
I feel that the Dems continue to "misunderestimate" the fascism that continues to creep to the forefront. I think that everything is a mess - Progressive Dems are not uniting with the rest of the party to get the Biden agenda passed, in fact they are resisting.
I think McConnell et al will succeed in shutting down the government yet again, however I do not think it will backfire, I think the MAGAt base will think this is great and no blame will be had.
Over here on the Left, however, I'm certain we will blame the Democrats for continuing to act as if nothing has changed (or what I call "Bringing their NPR tote bags to the gun fight), and for allowing this to happen, further dimming any hopes for a better future here for a very long time (I also suspect I will not be alive to see things get better).
Merc Retro isn't always bad. I am not an astrologer but I have been super aware of Merc Retro for decades. I finally realized that it can actually be quite positive if one is trying to rectify something from the past or reclaim an emotion or behavior. I have been contemplating the idea that Biden's bills will correct many wrongs so perhaps this Merc Retro will actually help not hinder the Biden agenda . As my husband used to say, "It could happen." ?
Well, the retro is in Libra, the sign of balance, and its direct station trines Saturn's (planet of justice, lessons, and karma) in Aquarius (sign of the people), so....maybe so. On the other hand, I also remember that air signs are generally notorious for 1) not being able to make a decision, 2) waffling once they make it, and 3) being fickle about sticking to that decision. ?
Does anyone have a read on how all of the major legislative battles and potential consequences will pan out this week?
I had a chat with myself (my way of looking into the future) about this very thing last evening. I felt that there would be little change through the month of October (no surprise there given the Merc retro), but I felt a small bump in the road about a week or so before turkey day. The bump didn't feel like something bad, but more like something hiding just under the surface that pokes its head out briefly but then slips back under. I have no idea what that means, really. Perhaps that will be when they finally manage to get at least a continuing resolution passed to keep things open for a few more months before Congress closes up shop for the holidays.
I'm honestly not seeing much of anything going on right now or for the reasonably foreseeable future (funny phrase to use on a site like this! ?). It's still in the mist and too ill-defined to try to make a determination about where much of anything is going to end up. It's like it's all in a holding pattern and everything is going around in circles and not much progress is being made on any front, and I have no clue when that part will stop. The wheel of fortune is still spinning, and no one, not even my usually most vocal guides, are saying anything about when or where it might stop. I honestly think the best - and really only - thing we can all do right now is let go and stop trying to control anything beyond ourselves. Focus on what's right in front of us and make as much of a difference there as we can, and just allow the universe to be what it is and do what it does. I still feel like whatever happens will be for the best in the long run, even if it may not be exactly what we want in the short term.
I am a Libra. ? yes we can certainly waffle and ponder and waffle some more...but in my very Libra personal experience....BALANCE beats all wavering... and once found, we not only hold steady we bring steadiness to others. The teeter tottering... tho annoying to others ? is in many cases the process that reviews, re-evaluates, and resolves confusions and communications. ..... but yes the process is replete with waffling! ?
I think McConnell et al will succeed in shutting down the government yet again, however I do not think it will backfire, I think the MAGAt base will think this is great and no blame will be had.
Still feeling the calm about this situation, however it turns out. I do think, however, you might be over estimating the size and strength of the MAGA base. They’re loud, certainly, but there’s an even larger contingent of people who are fed up overall.
You do have a point on the progressives not uniting behind it all, but I don’t think the majority (not including Synema and Manchin here) are underestimating where we’ve been and what can happen. I see the disagreements more centered around a fear of not having the opportunity to get “Insert priority here” immediately vs getting “insert priority here” in the slightly longer term. We’d all love a Green New Deal to pass tomorrow but that’s just not how any of this works - even if it should.
@Tgraf66 made mention above of a “mist” and I think that’s the best way to describe it. Trying to foresee the short term outcome of the crisis of the day I’m left with what I can only best describe as the censor smoke drawn into cartoons from the 50s and 60s when characters would get into a knock down drag out brawl. Can’t see what’s happening behind it, but overall the feeling that it’s going to work out remains constant.
Plus, you have scores of longer term predictions here that seem to indicate a positive outcome overall as long as we continue to fight for it.
@Jeanne-Mayell - when is the next Read the Future Night? I think we’re all ready!