"Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water,
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard;
the gentle overcomes the rigid,
Everyone knows this is true,
but few can put it into practice." - Lao-tzu
Blue Moon Cottage is situated in an area that is gifted with water; ponds, lakes (big and small) streams, creeks, rivers. In fact, just beyond the five homes on the lane behind me is a pretty sizable lake and down the road a mile is a huge lake and about every third house out here has a pond or mini lake in it's yard. I dwell smack dab in the Land of Water.
From the first moment I saw this house I knew I would live here and I knew this was a special place, for me and for those who would come here. It is a place of healing; a quiet, restful place to catch your breath, dial down, unplug, unwind and just be.....when I came across the above quote it struck me that it was not just happenstance that this place, this house is located in the Land of Water.
I thought of how water is used for baptism, for cleansing, for moving things out of the way, for clearing out, for smoothing over, for polishing, for proceeding forward....all the things I need to do with my life and I can to rest in the knowledge that my new home, my sanctuary, my temple, my body, my soul is exactly where it needs to be....
In the last few weeks as I've been settling in and getting used to the new rhythm of my life, in the back of my head I kept thinking I should be doing more, that I needed a new project to start, that I should be "doing" something with my new life, I was starting to feel guilty....then I started receiving tidbits of randomness; a word here, a quote, a cyber postcard, all leading me back to same thought; that this feeling of guiltiness was WRONG, that I need to stop worrying, thinking about what my next "project" is going to be because I already know, have known, my next "project" is me.
For too long my past issues have been the (literal) mountain in the middle of the room, at first it was the excuse as to why I allowed myself to procrastinate on moving forward with my "projects", once I do my "housework" then I can give my "project" the time it deserves, but then I would procrastinate on my housework as well until it became a physical mountain that became so overwhelming that it took the Universe creating a catalyst, creating a do-or-die situation to shock me out of my self-imposed hell.....I have climbed that mountain and conquered it, clearing the way for no more excuses....but now I have to step up and tackle my own "house", my temple: my mind, body and soul...as I was fretting over wondering what my next project should be the answer came to me, quietly and quite clearly, time now to use this place of healing to cleanse my body, my mind and my soul, time to use this temple of rest and retreat to heal myself. I have tackled one of my biggest obstacles and it no longer stands in my way, time to turn inward and start becoming the woman I am meant to be...
Blessed Be...
