February 15th, 16th ~ Saturday - Sunday ~ Cruelty

February 15th, 16th ~ Saturday - Sunday ~ Cruelty - Death by a thousand cuts is an apt way to describe the thread weaving through your weekend. Not physical cuts of course, but something much worse..... mind and ego are your captors this weekend, my dear. Brilliantly machined facets of our human workings that know you so well that when they cut, they don't miss. Perhaps we are toddling down the mental checklist about being single on this weekend after Valentine's day, or perhaps we are ruminating on Valentine's day plans that went awry. Now, I know some of you are reading this and you are thinking, "Self? Why would I care about Valentine's day?" or perhaps, "Self? Why is this ninny of a card reader focusing on this one little day and ruining my whole weekend?" I am so glad you asked, please allow me to explain. Whether you want to call this period of time around Valentine's day "early spring", "late winter", or a "turd on the calendrical wheel" it is a time when our reptilian body-minds are beginning to shift ever so slightly. Days are getting a bit longer, there are moments when we can feel an ever-so-slight softening toward the next season, and there are unconscious stirrings in slow, sleepy parts of our minds and bodies that have been hibernating for a few months now. Just like a calm pond, if you start to prod the bottom lightly you are going to begin disturbing long buried things, sluggish and sticky things, things that might not be so pretty to look at after a long winter's nap. So what doe this all mean? What this means is, let the silt and muck, and goo move through you this weekend without pausing to examine each and every dark particle. If you feel bad this weekend, then allow space for that, but put away your mental microscope because there is nothing to be gleaned. This weekend is a weekend to tap into the wisdom of your body and listen to what it is telling you in order to move through the muck. And give notice to your mind and ego that they are not required this weekend and they are free to go, you will see them Monday morning over a strong cup of coffee.