Change

                                   "When it comes to change there are only two choices:

                            You can choose to change or choose to let change happen to you."

     A friend and I were discussing the change of seasons today. She was telling me about her 4-year old daughter's questions about the changing leaves. My friend explained that autumn didn't begin until September so it wasn't "really" fall yet but the brilliant child begged to differ! She looked around and saw all the trees around her changing color, placed her hands defiantly on her hips and said "I think fall-time is here now!"

     Change is a funny thing. It happens all around us whether we notice it or not. We can make it happen but the process is gradual, like summer turning to fall, and we don't like to be in process so we struggle against it. But change will happen even if you choose not to change at all. Change just IS.

     The real challenge is to know the seasons and how they change. To do this we must be able to observe the information in front of us, without skews of fear or attachment, and discern if it's appropriate to wear Bermuda shorts or ice skates. Observe your changing seasons and prepare yourself for the next phase of your life because the winds of change are upon us. The world is changing and we will be changing right along with her. We can choose to change or we can choose to let change happen to us. The choice is, and always has been, ours.

Perspective

If you can see the past without regret, you can look to the future without fear.

Signals

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.                    Albert Einstein

     Many of us who live a patterned life practice observation at a heightened level. Synchronicity reveals the algorithm of idea that can be found within the chaos. It is here that the mysteries of the universe reveal themselves and we touch on genius that has the power to change the world.

     In the complexity of all there is, the challenge is to find the simplicity. Einstein said" I know God's talking when the answer is simple". I've discovered a very simple idea recently that most of us have lost and that is to watch for signals of disruption of your joy. What interrupts your happiness? What keeps you from it or takes it from you? Simply put, what is making you unhappy?

     We complicate the answer to that question and THAT is precisely where our happiness lies. Understanding why we need to complicate something so simple will help you break through as your True Self. We think we know what we want and that may or may not be true. But I believe we all KNOW what will make us happy. SEEK HAPPINESS! Everything else is gravy.

Jaguar Medicine

If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form. 

Buddha

     I first came to know I possessed a kinship with Jaguar 18 years ago. She was my guide for many years, teaching me about re-claiming power that was lost in my youth, the mysteries of silence and the never-ending cycles of death and rebirth. My friend, whom I have not seen for over 15 years, returned to me last night in dreamtime.

     She brought messages of awakening, of the return to the True Self and of new cycles, worlds and opportunities that are now unfolding before us. Transformation, shape-shifting, happens from the inside out and that call from within is getting louder and stronger. She is a reminder of the Divine that dwells within all of us and I just wanted to pass the gift of that remembrance on to you.

     Leopard is tied to hero mythology that teaches us that no matter what the obstacle, there is always a Light that guides us back, that supports and protects as we overcome the limitations of our own minds. She is a symbol of the promise of the return to power that is destined for all of us.