Wish casting Wednesday: spirit

Easy, I thought.

When Jamie asked "What is your spirit wishing for?" my first image was this mosaic, our tree decorating yesterday. The easy companionship, the eagerness to be part of it shown by the kids, the way each piece fell in place, the carols, even Frida (our dog) hanging around to be with us.

Easy, right? Getting along making pretty things. What more can I ask for?

Then I read Jamie´s new workshop description and my thoughts took a new direction.

First I felt the recognition, the "yes, yes, that is what is happening to me". I haven´t got aclue how to figure out my dreams (I had been pondering about that on The joy Diet process but as usual "urgent gets in the way of important" and life went on without me getting anywhere)

Maybe we don’t know how to figure it out. Maybe we learned along the way that what we want isn’t important or realistic or practical. Maybe we got the message that following our hearts is selfish, indulgent, irresponsible, impractical - or worse, impossible. Maybe we got the message that something about us and what we are yearning for is not okay.

So what do we do? We do what we think we have to. We follow the smart plan, follow the shoulds. We go with what’s available, what’s practical, what our loved ones approve of, what looks like the next logical step and we stop dreaming about things like traveling or making the bestseller list or becoming a photographer, a dancer, a chef, an artist, a star.

I certainly did what was expected of me. I´m your poster child. Best grades in the whole school, did not smoke/drink/do drugs, got my degree, got married, had a boy, had a girl, had a dog. And still, still ... I feel my higher mission is not complete. What´s more, I don´t know what my higher mission is.

Is my life really IT? Am I on the right track? I have fleeting images of Joy and then ...

How do we find our way home?

It all starts with reconnecting to that shiny, beautiful, tender spirit that’s still inside of you longing to be heard. It is never too late. Your soul wants to be heard. All you have to do is give it a chance to speak. The Soul Reflections workshop helps you do just that. It’s gentle and deeply powerful for opening up loving and meaningful communication between you and your spirit.

Maybe my spirit is wishing to be heard. Wishing I stop running around like a headless chicken, ticking things off my list (things I put there myself) and actually listen. Maybe my spirit is wishing to smack me upside down on my head and make me look around.

I´m wishing to discover my Spirit´s voice. :)