Today is the anniversary date of my parents wedding… I was an early birthday gift arriving three days before their sixth anniversary. Surprise!
Life has a way of spiraling around events and people, places and things. This has been a week of remembering for me; remembering me growing up, me as an adult, and now me as an elder in my family. Remembering mom and dad and how he always brought her yellow roses for their anniversary.
Next week is the anniversary of these Friday Food for Thoughts. Have they inspired you or provoked you, engaged you in thought, or encouraged you to do something new, maybe different?
What would you like to read about each week? Is there a subject or topic that you would like to read a story about, create your own story around, perhaps make beautiful art with?
I’d love to hear from you all as I look forward to new beginnings and badass outcomes like I wrote about a few weeks ago.
This past week along with the celebrations, memories, chocolate cake, and a peanut butter cup or ten, my Good Enemies decided to gang up on me and, not just with a whisper of doubt or criticism but with a full-blown inner-uprising that turned into a free for all with fear. Great birthday present, eh?
And yes, I still call them good enemies even when they are overwhelming, even when they seem to be colluding against me and blocking my journey forward. I still call them teachers as well, uninvited most of the time and certainly inconvenient last week, but teachers, nonetheless.
Short and sweet (as I am rarely at a loss for words,)😊is that looking back can be as dangerous as it can be rewarding. Dwelling in the bygone days is just a product of the presence of Time Killer and not a rewarding one. Remembering is a good thing, getting stuck in the memories with Coulda, Woulda, and Shoulda… Time Killers with no redeeming outcome beyond the leaking eyes.
What I have come to know is that with sleep (and an occasional peanut butter cup,) things do feel better. With my eyes cleansed and my heart cleared, it is time to step out on the path of the next year of my journey here. I choose to write on, to live on, to laugh with you all, and cry behind closed doors.
I hope you will join me on the journey. Here’s to more happy trails and sweet memories.
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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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