“Today I am altogether without ambition.
Where did I get such wisdom?”
Mary Oliver
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The Love You Were Always Meant to Receive (Solar Eclipse)
Silver Owl Psychic Astrology & Tarot shared this uplifting and power filled message about our solar eclipse today. I don’t often delve into astrology as it’s not something that I understand deeply, but still there are days when the messages are clearly for me, and for all of us, and I do resonate with and listen to them. This deeply resonated! I loved and felt so much here: a new cycle in how we love, aligning our hearts and minds with the divine flow of the universe, transmuting wounds, the eternal light that has always been in our souls, trusting the process, the heart leading the way to a new divine alignment…
This is a potent, clear message that I hope will resonate with you too…
“On March 29, 2025, the Solar Eclipse in Aries ushers in a sacred
and fiery rebirth-a divine moment where the universe invites you
to return to your truth and begin again, not from the mind, but
from the soul. This isn’t just a reset-it’s a portal into a new cycle of
evolution, especially in how you love, how you lead, and how you
show up for yourself and others. Aries calls you to ignite your inner
fire and step forward with fierce authenticity, while the eclipse
energy strips away anything no longer aligned with your becoming.
At the same time, a new chapter in relationships begins- one that
calls you to align your heart and mind with the divine flow of the
universe. To fulfill the sacred purpose of this journey, you are asked
to transmute every wound, every tear, into a pearl of wisdom,
uncovering the blessings hidden in your past. Love becomes the
mirror through which your transformation unfolds, revealing the
eternal light that’s always been within your soul. The intensity of
this eclipse may bring up endings, revelations, and emotional
release-but it is all part of the alchemy, clearing space for more
honest, soul-aligned connection. Trust the process, for every
challenge has prepared you for this moment-to move forward
with clarity, depth, and purpose. As your thoughts and emotions
begin to unite under the guidance of truth, you unlock deeper
connection and open your heart to the love you were always meant
to receive. Stay open. Stay grounded. Let your heart lead the way
into this new divine alignment, and allow the fire of this eclipse to
awaken the version of you that’s been waiting to rise.”
-Silver Owl Psychic Astrology & Tarot
To Be Young
“To learn is to be young, however old.”
-Aeschylus
“There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.”
– Milan Kundera
“May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong, may you stay forever young.”
Bob Dylan
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
– Satchel Paige
“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
– Franz Kafka
Begin Again
“Give me everything mangled and bruised, and I will make a light of it to make you weep. And we will have rain & begin again.”
-Deena Metzger
We will. Begin again and again and again. I’ve thought a lot about this lately as our country spirals… every single unkind, uncaring, without compassion, without empathy, without inclusion and without love action/word/thought must be immediately transformed by light. With kindness, caring, compassion, empathy, inclusion and LOVE. Immediate and constant.
These too are resistance.
For anyone feeling mangled and bruised, we have you. I have you. Embraced, cocooned, blanketed, sheltered. Loved. We begin again as many times as we need to, each day, each hour. We will continue to make light in the darkness.
The Smallest Spark
“When darkness surrounds, even the smallest spark can guide the way. It’s not the size of the light that matters, but the courage to hold it through the night.”
Dipendra Tamang
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
Why Would I?
“Why would I want to cede any kind of emotional sovereignty to anyone in the ceremony of my everyday life?“
– James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw
I don’t. I choose not to. In this climate of unease and lack of basic civility, kindness, inclusion and honor – of grace – some days this is difficult. I want to react, to explain, to cry, to rant… I have learned better though. These things, these actions, do not one iota of good and change nothing. Better to live the authentic me in these times and not let my energy be dimmed or diminished. Love with fierce passion. Act don’t react my Father always said.
So here we are. And we still, always in all ways, have each other, so much LOVE, and a bounty of blessings of beauty in northwest Montana and all over this magnificent planet. We maintain who we are and celebrate the ceremony of our everyday lives. We honor each soul, and know there is no “other”.
Love, truth and energy are wished for everyone.
I Went to the Woods
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Henry David Thoreau – Walden (1854)
Summer
As these summer days evolve, unfold, manifest the very essence and depth of life in radiant, brillant, big love, I am touching the ground with reverence, and looking around with eyes seeing abundance, with my heart feeling awe, breathing in my belonging. Thank you Jess Housty for expressing these feelings into words that resonate on this rain filled precious new Summer day.
“Go out into the world.
Stand or sit or hold your body like a precious thing: hold as much of your body as you can exchanging gentle touch with the ground.
When you look around yourself, name all the ways you see thriving mapped onto your surroundings.
Now, name all the ways that you map the abundance onto what’s around you.
You are intrinsic to the good work happening around you; breathe in your belonging; breathe out the question,
How can I build kinship and community in this moment?”
-Jess Housty (from Crushed Wild Mint: Poems (2023, Nightwood Editions)
Return the Gift
“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
-Robin Wall Kimmerer
Through a Forest Wilderness
“The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness”
-John Muir
