Bonne Fête

This is one of those posts that I've probably started a hundred times, and I definitely have six more beginnings, some brilliant one-liners, and a handful of other informative and enlightening post ideas sitting and waiting for some meat and depth and meaning, in my unpublished posts.  

I just want to write a feel-good post.  I want to step away from the angst for a minute, at least for today.  I just want to send a message of love.  I want to bask in the energy of my heart, and happiness and sunshine.  That is where I love to live, you know.  I want to bring that back to you too.

This has been a very energetically challenging week for me.  I feel exhausted right now and drained of virtually all ideas.  In short, I feel a little bit low on inspiration.  But I know it's there and I know it will find me again someday.

These small rural communities in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee are full of good people who care about people.  I saw hundreds of these communities all across the Northeast as I car camped my way to Acadia this August.

My heart is warmed as I am seeing more and more stories of resilience and beauty showing up on YouTube.  I am seeing how so many who have survived this devastating catastrophe are rallying with helping hands and hope and gratitude.  

I realize that I too, have so much to be grateful for, but I don't know how to fully express it right now.  I have so much I want to say but I don't know how to say it.  I'm tired.  No worries.  I'll just blame it on the Eclipse, which conveniently enough, I also wanted to address in this post.  With a smile of course.

So, let's go.  The Eclipse that happened today was the solar eclipse in Libra.  It's also the first new moon of Autumn.  It is an immensely transformative time, they say.  Eclipse energies are well known to shake things up.  

This eclipse was a Ring of Fire eclipse, when the light of the sun and the shadow of the moon seem to merge.  The bright sun creates a brilliant ring around the dark moon.  This creates an astrological opportunity for alchemizing light and shadow into the Love of the Divine Heart. OOOOOO....😘

As always, you know, I am inspired by music.  I look for little synchronous clues in songs and such.  Prior to writing this post, I needed a little inspiration, so I turned to my daily discovery.  I was hoping that one of my daily songs would "speak" to me.  I wanted it to be the first song or the last. (I make up my own rules in this game sometimes.)  

Make the Leap. That was the winner.  The last song on today's random daily discovery.  And how does that tie into celebrating the eclipse?  Well, the last line/chorus of the song that repeats over and over until the end says, "You called me out from the dark, and brought me into the light."  Beautiful.  Just beautiful.  Thank you.

The song is by a band called The Hunts.  A family band, I think, out of Chesapeake, Virginia.  Not the mountains of Western North Carolina, but not that far.  And they still have a fiddle, or a violin if you will.  It is beautiful, I believe.  It is beautiful and I share it here as a gift to you today.  I hope it makes you smile.

I hope it lifts your spirit.  I hope it fills your heart with joy.  I hope it makes you feel like you can do anything!  I hope it makes you feel like you can fly! 

May this be a very, very happy day for you!  Bonne Fête!