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| What Magic is Brewing in Your Life? |
And yet, we are here. Right here at the end of a whole year. AND to make it even more surreal, we have arrived at the end of a decade and are facing a brand spanking new one. Usually just the coming of a new year sends out the call to make those resolutions but the coming of a new decade? What might that milestone trigger within us?
Maybe you have been so busy you haven't even thought about the new decade. Maybe you are so busy with the Christmas season, you haven't even thought about the New Year. If not, I'm here to put a bee in your bonnet and set your mind to conjuring.
What better time than the magical season of Christmas to envision our future? One question I have been pondering for a few years now is this: As an adult, what would I ask Santa for? For some reason this question has not been easy for me to answer. I think back to my childhood and the joy I felt when I realized that Santa had listened to me and thought enough of me to fulfill my heart's desire. I truly loved the gift, whatever it was, and skipped and jumped around for days, while reveling in my prize.
But, now as an adult, the magic has shifted slightly. Now I am more inclined to believe the gift will come due to my actions, not Santa's. But...if I returned to those days of blind faith in a bringer of my deepest held desire, what would I ask for?
I have considered those beauty contest answers like "world peace" and "justice for all". Maybe I don't even think those are possible and I don't want to waste a wish. Or maybe I'm just selfish and want the gift to only benefit me and my life. As I have said, I am still in the middle of discernment.
I will pause here and let you ponder what you might ask Santa for...
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| Dear Santa, |
But...if you were more like me and found it hard to know what to ask for, why do you think that is? I'm really curious. I think part of it for me is the understanding I now have about the fragility of life and the knowledge that, all too soon, life comes to an end. I find there isn't any one thing I can ask for that will live up to the enormity of this fact.
Instead, I find myself simply wanting to show up to each day. I find I want to show up, more to the process of asking rather than the end result of receiving. I revel in the magic that I am here at all and in the magic that one day, a day I have no knowledge of, that it will all be over. I want to revel in this moment, this magic that is simply being able to ask the question.
So, back to this, end of the year-last month of 2019, moment. Back to this end of a decade moment. I am choosing to be held in this magic by consciously marking my days, by listening with my inner ear and discerning what to do, not what to get. I find have goals, milestones I want to achieve that stand for the idea I was given a responsibility in this being born, a mandate to listen to an inner call and somehow manifest this out into the world.
I am excited that I am achieving all three of the goals I set for myself back in May. These will be the gifts I give to myself I suppose. These coming to fruition is the magic I will cherish. And, as I finish out these last 30 days of this decade I will give thanks for the gift of life, for the gift of magic, and for the gift of believing. And I extend my belief that you, too, will be able to discern your end of the year, end of the decade magical moments and revel in them.
Lastly, Integrative Wisdom will be offering an envisionment gathering in January 2020. Yep, I just made up that word. It works for what I am envisioning... If you have any desire to partake in the magic, stay tuned. The date will be set one day soon. I hope to see you here.
Your Soul Catalyst,
Verna
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