{"id":238,"date":"2012-08-09T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/waterwitch\/2012\/08\/201208searching-for-water-html.html"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:56:24","slug":"searching-for-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/waterwitch\/2012\/08\/searching-for-water.html","title":{"rendered":"Searching for water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This summer has been so hot. It could be because we are in Arizona where the temperatures are always above 100 degrees in the summer. I have been incredibly successful in being able to appease my \u201cCapricorn rising\u201d by maintaining several gardens. My nightshades are growing incredibly, and I have baby foxglove that seem to be doing well. There are two new mystery plants in the yard. I am so excited to see what they are. They look like nightshade so I am hoping for wild Datura.<\/p>\n

\"SearchingforWater1\"
\nSince it has been so dang hot I haven\u2019t been able to walk down to the pond and feed the ducks. The blue heron hasn\u2019t been spotted in several weeks, and to be honest I haven\u2019t seen any vulture either. Tuesday my husband decided to surprise me, we drove and drove to the north east of Phoenix. \u00a0There was a beautiful body of water. Though I went to high school in Arizona I have never been to the Salt River. He knows that I am itching for a trip up north to drink the cool waters of Montezuma\u2019s well, but time and finances are currently preventing it.<\/p>\n

\"SearchingforWater2\"When we arrived we started to explore, sadly to say it was so hot we didn\u2019t get to stay long, but the short time was worth it. I felt so close to home, so wonderful to be right by the water, a natural body of flowing water. There were HUGE fish swimming close to the bank, and of course less than 5 minutes from being there, what did I find, a wonderful and very clean bird skeleton. It is a wonderful gift, a wonderful reminder that I was exactly where I should be. I thought it very symbolic that here we are right after Lammas, headed into the dark side of the year, and there was a beautiful reminder of both death, and birth.<\/p>\n

\"SearchingforWater3\"
\nLammas was very rough for many of my friends, with mercury in retrograde and a full moon, it was quite potent. I suffered from much emotional turmoil, the looming feeling of the cycle of death right in front of me. It made me think, ponder, and reevaluate what I wanted out of my spiritual life.\u00a0 Sometimes it is just time to fly on your own.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong I will continue my studies, just I have reevaluated how I will study, how I will handle things, and what direction my path will take me. I have felt that I have kept a security blanket of sorts, constantly looking for approval from my teachers, hoping that my work will please them and is up to snuff. \u00a0Having the security blanket in place was more of a hindrance; it was almost like it was clouding my path. The events of Lammas really shook the ground from underneath me. \u00a0I feel fresh, I have a whole new drive, the path has been made clear and onward I go. (More on this later sorry to be cryptic but when I tell you it is going to be awesome!) This quote my Jason Silva really sums it up. Sometimes the only thing that can create life, is death its self.<\/p>\n

\"SearchingforWater4\"Return to things that are meaningful and bathe inside of it. Return to things that are important. See the world in a grain of sand, heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, or eternity in an hour. Shake up the rug out from underneath your feet. Disruption makes things new again, it makes ideas fresh. Return to things that are meaningful and bathe inside of it, partake in those things that will somehow make us come alive ~ Jason Silva<\/p>\n

Standing there staring at the water, in places flowing slowly, in others rushing over rocks, it reminded me that everything changes, it is always changing. The important thing is to flow with the river of life, slow, fast, and everything in between. This song is one of my favorite songs; it is so soulful and so appropriate of the time I am emerging out of. Sometimes the only friend you have is the moonlight, she is quite, but she is a beautiful friend. \u00a0Enjoy\u2026\u2026.. and don\u2019t forget to bend, before you break<\/p>\n

Around here, it\u2019s the hardest time of year
\nWaking up, the days are even gone
\nThe collar of my coat
\nLord help me, cannot help the cold
\nWill the rain drops sting my eyes
\nor keep them closed?
\nBut I\u2019m feelin\u2019 no pain
\nI\u2019m a little lonely and my quietest friend
\nHave I the moonlight? Have I let you in?
\nSay it aint so, say I\u2019m happy again
\nSay it\u2019s over
\nSay I\u2019m dreaming, say I\u2019m better than you left me
\nSay you\u2019re sorry, I can take it
\nSay you\u2019ll wait, say you won\u2019t
\nSay you love me, say you don\u2019t
\nI can make my own mistakes
\nLet it bend before it breaks
\nI\u2019m alright. Don\u2019t I always seem to be?
\nAren\u2019t I swinging on the stars? Don\u2019t I wear them on my sleeves?
\nWent looking for a crossroads, It happens everyday
\nAnd whichever way you turn, I\u2019m gonna turn the other way
\nSay it\u2019s over
\nSay I\u2019m dreaming, say I\u2019m better than you left me
\nSay you\u2019re sorry, I can take it
\nSay you\u2019ll wait, say you won\u2019t
\nSay you love me, say you don\u2019t
\nI can make my own mistakes
\nLearn to let it bend before it breaks
\nSay it\u2019s over
\nSay I\u2019m dreaming, say I\u2019m better than you left me
\nSay you\u2019re sorry, I can take it
\nSay you\u2019ll wait, say you won\u2019t
\nSay you love me, say you don\u2019t
\nI can make my own mistakes
\nLet it bend before it breaks
\nAnd learn to let it bend before it break<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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