Athena Grey

At the beginning of the year, I posted three affirmations, because I don't believe in resolutions.

• Opening the front door each morning is an act of joy.


• I am imbued with the beauty and love that surrounds me.


• I am filled with the Goddess-given light of the Now.

Actually, there was a fourth one that I didn't share with you, which was  Creativity exists in the wasteland. I wasn't certain enough about this last one to declare it in public, but I knew that something had to change in the way I was living and in the interactions I had with people in my local community. I wasn't seeing the beauty, love or creativity at all, and I gave myself an ultimatum that if I didn't find it within the year, I was going to sell the Aerie and move someplace where there were kindred spirits.

Of course, as I began healing from the events of 2007, my joy started coming back to me, as did my ability to see beauty and feel love. I was still running dry on community until a seemingly random chain of events started to unfold.  

Jenn sent me an invitation to Plurk 
and Plurk led me to meet some fiber arts people on Ravelry 
and from there I had a good time hanging out with them in Rhinebeck,
which led me to start knitting again and
(deep breath because this sentence is getting long)
I started attracting fiber arts people like a magnet.

So I started a knitting circle.  Me.  The shy one.
I started going to a spinners circle in the city
and one morning, spinning on the subway
I met a woman who was inspired to reawaken her spinning
and joined our circle.

This is what I mean about carrying your own light with you. This is what happens when it shines through you like a beacon. 

This is what happens when magic works.

Tomorrow I will have some affirmations for the coming year. Some I will share, and some are best left up to the Gods.