I sit with the sound of those words echoing through my heart as I say them aloud to myself. I ponder silently what they mean to me, as an individual, as a spiritual being, as a member of a tribe, a community, a nation, and the world.
Let Freedom Ring over fields of waving grain, over snow-covered mountaintops and skyscrapers so tall they disappear into the clouds above. Over cities and towns, countryside’s and asphalt ribbons that connect them all.
Let Freedom Ring through my heart, open my eyes, and speak through me as my truth, knowing each and every being, seen and unseen, has their own truth and a right to it.
Let Freedom Ring with joy in the cry of a newborn babe as the hospital loudspeakers play a distant lullaby, and with sorrow in the tears that mark the passing of another and the birth of grief that knows no boundaries.
Today marks the 249th birth-day of my nation of birth, the place where I came to know me and find the freedom that dwells deep within. Today I open my heart and allow the light of that freedom to shine, to remind me and anyone who sees it, that I am me, on this day, as I write the truth of it, me.
Here is my truth, Today:
I choose to speak with kindness and forgive myself when my words come out harshly.
I choose to listen to the voice of Divine Guidance without the need to explain, clarify, or justify my thoughts.
I choose to forgive myself and others when I need to, and to change, pivot, or shift to stay in the flow of my own destiny, of my truth.
I choose to write my own story and not hang on to the old ones that no longer hold value for my continued journey.
I choose to care; for myself, others, animals, trees, the winged ones and the creepy crawlies… for all sentient beings, seen and unseen.
I choose to return to my center, to my sacred center where I remain whole, holy, and still human all in the same breath.
Today, I choose to honor Freedom.
Blessed be to all and Happy Birth-day USA
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Vicki Dobbs is a bold and adventurous warrior walking a path of heart to manifest spirituality in everyday lives. She opens existential gateways for individuals to face their challenges and embrace these tests as the great teachers that they are.
Her goal is to see everyone walk in beauty and balance every day of their lives empowered by the voice of their own authentic truth.
Through Wisdom Evolution and Sacred Wisdom Workshops, Vicki creates opportunities for others to make deep personal changes through experiential classes, ceremony, sacred art and story. She endeavors to inspire others to create their lives intentionally. Vicki is an Inspirator of everyday awareness, an Instigator of spontaneous stories and a Connoisseur of Creativity. Gratitude and grace sprinkled with humility and humor are the medicine she brings to the world.
As an Elder, Teacher and Entrepreneur, Spiritual Coach, Ordained Minister and Crafter of Sacred Art and Tools, Vicki perceives life’s journey as an ever-upward spiraling ascension of the human spirit leading her to wisdom, wholeness and authenticity.
Her experience includes being trained in the Harner Method of Shamanic Counseling and the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross Cultural Shamanism. She is a Graduate Teacher and Mentor with the Lynn Andrews Center For Sacred Arts and Training and has been the Administrator and Writers Guide for Writing Spirit, the School.
Vicki is also an Artist of the Spirit Certified Spiritual and Energetic Life Coach, a Graduate Mentor in the AoS program and a founding member of HeatherAsh Amara’s Warrior Goddess Leadership Team and Facilitator of the Warrior Heart Practice.
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