To LIVE

So many times I have found myself standing on the edge of life and afraid to take the plunge......'it gets dark down there' my thoughts will say...... and I will turn and walk away from the cliff face and revert back to what is safe.....what is known. But only too soon do I find my feet itching for adventure, my soul yearning for the freedom of flight and I am back pacing the edge of life again pondering the pros and con's of what it means for me to just take a run up and fling myself into a massive leap of faith.....

One thing that finally helped to me take that leap into the unknown came in the form of an Aboriginal Elder by the name of Eugene Eades. Like in the movie 'Peter Pan' - with the magick pixie dust and happy thoughts the secret concoction for that all special 'magickal power to fly' Uncle Eugene gave me the secret weapon to dive into life without fear.....the magick pixie dust being my immense connection to Mother Earth and the 'happy thoughts' being my unshakable faith that she is always there for me. That I am loved and supported unconditionally and all the while I am following my heart even what appears wrong - can actually be so right.

Nature in itself is both harsh and gentle, cruel and kind.....as is the lives that we live, but how unaccepting as humans we have become of what is negative in life. We love the flowers, but we hate the rain that waters them......We love the summer, but we curse the heat........We welcome happiness but do anything that is humanly possible to avoid being hurt....We love what is good and shun all things bad.....Forgetting that sometimes it is the immense pain that takes us into a depth of darkness and emotional agony - that actually gives us that yearning to look up at the stars and dream of something wonderful.......sometimes it is the anger that feeds the fire that makes us take action.....sometimes it is the tears of absolute misery that make us realise it is our time to leave and move on to better things in life.....and sometimes when every breathe hurts your aching body do you find yourself laying in complete surrender, walls broken down, nothing making sense, life has fallen apart.....there in the destruction do you find the tiny seed, the one you have overlooked for so long....there in the rubble; and it gives you the power to start again.

Below is an article I wrote that was recently published in a Holistic Magazine here in Australia, my journey to Nyoongar Boodja and the complete 180 that my life took in the months after this amazing experience has me swimming through a life of such happiness. But first I had to accept life as I accept nature, both painful and wonderful, both beautiful and scary.......knowing all the while the balance of nature (and the balance of accepting all things in life) is the one thing that everybody needs to not just survive in life....but to LIVE.

http://www.livingnow.com.au/advertise/articles/23-living-with-spirit/4574-womens-business-and-mens-business-with-the-elders.html