You know, it’s kind of funny, some people (who obviously don’t know me that well) think that because they call me The Shaman Mama that maybe I’ve got it all figured out, and because I’ve done this work for decades that I’m an “everything’s always rainbows and bunny rabbits” kind of person. Uh, NO!
I follow the path of Everyday Joy and have for years because of of how often I’m faced with *THE CHOICE*–you KNOW the one—to stay stuck in the ‘crap of the day’, or wriggle out of it and find a teensy bit of JOY and build on that.
And also because what I know to do best, is to teach what I need most to learn and integrate for myself.
Look, I’m Sicilian by ancestry, Scorpio by planets, Sensitive by nature, an Earth Mother/Shaman Mama by type, and Spiritually Devoted by choice. So do ya THINK I’m rainbows and bunnies all the time??? 🙂
Like you, I don’t get to choose what life dishes out for me, all I get to do is make that *CHOICE* referenced above .
And trust me, occasionally it takes more than a bike ride, or some tapping, or a few minutes to allow the heaviness, the grief, the anger, the whatever, that is so very human, to flow through me, accepted, embraced…loved or not…depending on the day. If there is one thing I AM, it’s genuinely HUMAN….all the way.
Then I get to choose. Just like you do.
In all fairness, my tipping point these days (because I’ve been devoted to this work!) definitely does favor lighter, happier, joyful…AND once again, life kicks all of us around in ways that sometimes leave us shaking our heads, casting our eyes skyward, and saying “REALLY? REALLY????”
What’s really important to remember is that the contrast of the crap and the JOY is what lends the richness, the awesomeness, the WOW factor, and the depth to our lives.
I don’t consider myself screwed up because of this pendulum swing I’m describing, and neither are you. What we are is HUMAN. It’s what we came here to do, to figure out, to remember. And my work is always about helping myself and my clients and students TO REMEMBER.
Just thought you’d like to know what the view is from here.
Love you, Bless you,
Jan
Janice Masters, The Shaman Mama
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