{Tread Gently with Love}

{Deeeeeep Breaths, Everyone!}

{Springtime Magick}

My friend Elizabeth Locey (Priestess Extraordinaire), shared about this first day of Spring Equinox magick:

"Today is the beginning of a new cycle, the new astrological year as the Sun crossed from the last sign of the zodiac (Pisces) into Aries, the first sign, this morning. In the Northern Hemisphere, today is the first official day of Spring, but traditionally (before Julius Caesar imposed his calendar with a random January 1^st new year, and even well beyond that for the agrarian people who were more connected to the cycles of the Earth) this was celebrated as the new year. In modern Iran, it is still the New Year, the Persian calendar having its roots in Zoroastrianism.

"Today is a High Holy Day, one of the 8 spokes in the Wheel of the Year, made up of the 2 equinoxes, the 2 solstices, and 4 cross-quarter days. If you are located in the Northern Hemisphere, I encourage you to take some time today to go outside to commune with the Earth, and celebrate Spring. Look for shoots of new growth in nature, and let your heart overflow with gratitude at the bounty that is provided to us. Remember that we always have everything we need, if we only look hard enough and connect to Gaia’s infinite energy."

I love that we share this history, this ancient wisdom, this mythology of life with our daughters and sons! Connecting to the heart and soul of life connects us more deeply to each other, yes? 

Abundant Springtime to us all...and enjoy a bit of out-of-doors every day!

{Celebrating Women}

Celebrating International Women's Day is a celebration for the well-being of everyone, for the vibrancy of the planet, and the beauty of it all!  

“If the world can be saved, it will be women who do that.

And they do not do it with wars. They do it with words.”

-Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the world's first democratically elected female president (Iceland 1980-1996)

Let your brilliance shine...in word and deed! xoxo

{Charlie Knows...}

{Be Here Now}

Spiritual teacher and author of "Be Here Now," Eckhart Tolle, shares the key to inner joy, the one thing you should know about guilt, and more essential advice! Or as fan Oprah Winfrey calls this list of some of his most famous quotes: "Eckhart Tolle's 13 Rules for Happiness." Here's one....read them all!

{Women Rule!}

Women in the World recently featured "Anna Wintour discusses women, politics, and a year of firsts for Vogue"...highlighting the Vogue editor's recent interview in the Wall Street Journal and Vogue's March 2017 "Women Rule!" cover. (All part of the magazine's 125th anniversary fete.)

Pop Sugar celebrates the cover celebrating "beauty in all forms" with: "Vogue's March Cover Is a Powerful Push in the Right Direction." And Fashionista adds: "Vogue Taps a Bevy of Diverse Supermodels for Its March Cover" ...quoting one of the models: "With all that's going on in the world, this covers makes such an important statement."

{Power without Love....}

Amen.

{Women on Women and the New Feminism}

Charlotte Hays, in the Independent Women's Forum ("all issues are women's issues"), asks: "Was the Women's March the New Face of Movement Feminism?" Her essay is an analysis of Amanda Hess' article, "How a Fractious Women's Movement Came to Lead the Left." Hays, who doesn't seem to be a fan of what the Women's March was truly about (and it was not about Donald Trump), writes:

"Amanda Hess has a long piece on the Women's March in the New York Times magazine. Hess of course is a big fan of the march, but her story has some background information that will be interesting to those of us who would not be caught dead in a pink pussy hat."

Whether we're "for" something or "against" something, we can always come from love. Otherwise, it's just a stand for fear and hate. Deeeeeep breaths, everyone!
Read on....

{If this is a day of love, then...}