One Last Kiss

"Everyone has their own experience. That's why we are here, to go through that experience, to learn, to go down those paths and eventually you may have gone down so many paths and learned so much that you don't have to come back again." ~  Prince

The past few days have been soul wrenching. The transition of the earth light known to the world as Prince is of profound personal loss to me. 

As words are my medium, I wanted to take to pen and paper but it has been difficult to reroute my thoughts past my pain. 

Those closest to me know well my affection for the man and that his energy has been of great significance in my life. His genius has lifted me in times most needed and I am at a loss to consider what life in the earth plane will be like for me now that he is gone.

"Music is real. It affects people. It's real." ~ Prince

I staid my grief and saw Purple Rain on the big screen yesterday with my children. In the past, I have taken my son still growing at 32 weeks in my womb to the Musicology concert and attended the Welcome 2 America performance with my then 11 year old daughter. I was happy for them to experience him the way I had, larger than life with pure potency on stage and on the big screen that moves through the spirit of the heart. 

I hope Prince would be pleased at knowing both my children are musicians and I plan to develop them as artists in the philosophy of his tradition of excellence and personal freedom of expression.

"There are no accidents. And if there are, it's up to us to look at them as something else. And that bravery is what creates new flowers." ~ Prince

I was fortunate to meet him back in the 90's via one of his famous after hours parties at his Glam Slam nightclub in Minneapolis. He was all I had imagined he would be; warm, smart, pretty, and fun. It was my first time seeing him perform live and I left that night grateful that he knew what I knew, that we existed on the planet in the same space at the same time.

"Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people." ~ Prince

Prince made me believe it was okay to be me. To be unique and creative, to be called weird and be cool with it. To love God and not apologize for wanting to know Him. To keep walking toward my own definition of personal freedom in spite of fear and ridicule.

When he left this plane, he took a part of me with him, but Nothing Compares 2 what he has given me. A legacy of love, self discovery, personal reinvention, the pursuit of knowledge and working toward excellence.

Prince wanted each of us to know we could live free and be great. He taught us that having faith in God and committing to excellence would get us there.

I thank you, Prince, my most excellent friend and brother for your ministry of teaching and healing and all you have meant to me in this life. Rest now in that world of "never ending happiness, where you can always see the Sun". 

As I bid you farewell with a wave and one last third eye kiss, I look forward to seeing you for now in my dreams and meeting you again in the Light of the Dawn.

"Everybody's looking for the ladder. Everybody wants salvation of the soul. The steps you take are no easy road. But the reward is great for those who want to go."  ~ Prince 

Holy Water

"There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them." 
~ Sylvia Plath

Nothing on this side of life compares to the transformative experience of becoming a mother. As earth light meets a newborn, the mommy energy each infant needs is birthed in the same moment.

Just this week, a dear friend was chosen to receive a beautiful baby boy. He will become her greatest love as she joyfully sets aside many of the personal rituals she has grown accustomed to in favor of tending to his care. There is no doubt she will win "Mother of the Year" and I pray she can savor the sweet time spent getting acquainted with her precious bundle. 

Sharing in her joy, causes me to reflect upon the two lights entrusted to my care. Now that my babies are teenagers, I wax nostalgic as I am able to come full circle to a time of rediscovery.

I traded hour long baths amidst scented candles, oils, and incense for quick showers. My evenings were better spent sponge sprinkling my babies and brushing their hair to their melodic newbie coos between the trickling sounds of water. 

"Anyone who thinks heaven is not hot water behind a locked door has forgotten what it means to live." ~ Lucy Frank

I have advanced in my motherhood journey and I look forward to hearing my friend share the beginnings of her new adventure. I am pleased to return to the evening baptisms in solitude I have missed. It is a quiet time to exhale the burdens and inhale the blessings of the day. A grace filled immersion into the healing waters of peace and restoration.  

Bath time can again serve as a brief retreat to balance my energies for the next day's journey and I am grateful.

Consider what your most transformative life experiences have birthed in you?
What personal rituals have you put aside for a time?
How do you go about restoring peace and healing balance before retiring from each day?

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Walking Across Our Own Fires of Change

"Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another." 
~ Alex Morritt

Have you abandoned the resolutions you made just mere weeks ago?

The typical tradition of setting resolutions in January found many declaring that this year would be different resolving to spend more time with family, get in shape, save money, or quit smoking. 

Unfortunately, by now, most of these promises have already been broken and sadly will produce little in terms of memorable change.

"Clear visions and positive goals, leads to positive actions and a purposeful life." ~ Laila Gifty Akita

Setting intentions has been my preference as they involve commitment to a choice. A desire to move into action toward expansion. A shift in thought paradigm that leads me to vibrate higher into an improved vision of my actualized self.

"You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate."  ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

In order to do this we must determine to walk through the fires which make us take stock of old habits that no longer work to our advantage. 

Even when things appear to be going well, a shift begins in the desire to aim higher, and a decision to work consistently toward goals that result in lasting change and a renewal. 

Running from the heat of change is futile and we must become mindful participants in the experience. The decision to walk across hot coals toward a more expansive self is challenging, but the results of our efforts allow an elevated merging of a more evolved mind, body, spirit at the end of the heated path. 

The New Year is still yet young, so dust off those resolutions and set your intention toward personal growth. The rewards that come with releasing all fear of the heat of transformation are great indeed.

"Seek to know thy soul; strength of love, light and life."   ~ Laila Gifty Akita

Are you still on track with the resolutions you made for this year?
Do the goals you have set meet your truest desire for lasting change?
What internal fires have you found yourself resisting to walk through in spite of the promises made to self?