And the Answer is… Celebrate!
December 31, 2007
By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com A day or so ago, I asked the Universe, through a book, what was in store for me in 2008.
I’ve mentioned on here before how one of my favorite ways to get answers is to do my “ask-a-book” ritual, and, although any book works, I especially love using a book called, “The Language of Letting Go,” by Melody Beattie. The answers I get from it are invariably mind-blowingly specific, and on point. And all I do is sit and fill my mind with the energy of my question (i.e., I think about it, focus intently on it) and then I simply open the book randomly.
Like with the Tarot, I use my left hand, because it’s governed by our “right brain.” And a quick interjection, isn’t it interesting how we generally use our right hand (governed by our logical left side), almost allowing our left arm/hand to atrophy. A testament as to how we as a society hold our right-brain energy (feminine, intuition, emotion) in such low regard… Anyway, I use my left hand so as to “stoke” my intuitive side. I open the book and often “hear” what area of the two pages has my answer, like “Top, right.”
With my question, “What’s in store for me in 2008?,” I opened to a section called, “Celebrate” In the area of the two pages I was guided to, I zeroed in on this phrase as the specific answer, …”we begin to experience the fullness and joy of life“ Well, it’s about frickin’ time, lol ;) Yay! *turning cartwheels* lol Sounds good to me :) Another phrase here that jumps out, “I will indulge in the joy of celebrating.” A wonderful message to get on the eve of a brand new year :)
Here are some other statements under this “Celebrate” section in the spirit of celebrating … and I feel are very on point.
“Take time to celebrate. Celebrate your successes, your growth, your accomplishments. Celebrate you and who you are. For too long, you have been too hard on yourself. Others have spilled their negative energy — their attitudes, beliefs, pain — on you. It had nothing to do with you! {Dove: Hey, I told them that, lol} All along you have been a gift to yourself and to the Universe. {Dove: Ahhh.} You are…beautiful, a delight, a joy. You do not have to try harder, be better, be perfect, or be anything you are not. Your beauty is in you, just as you are each moment. When you have a success, when you accomplish something, enjoy it. Pause, reflect, rejoice. Too long you have listened to admonitions not to feel good about what you have done… Celebrate all that is in your life. Celebrate all that is good. Celebrate you!” :)
Now there is a bit of caveat on the opposite page. The full statement per the phrase I mentioned above is this,
“Whenever we begin to experience the fullness and joy of life, we may feel guilty about those we’ve left behind — those not recovering, those still in pain…a symptom of codependency. We may get a phone call from a nonrecovering parent who relates his or her misery to us. And we feel pulled into their pain … And yes, it hurts to leave behind those we love. But keep moving forward anyway. Be patient. Other people’s recovery is not our business.”
There is a certain person in my not-so-distant past that I’m still working on forgiving. I know forgiveness is for me, and that until I do it, it’s an obstacle in my life. I don’t believe he’s “recovering,” or healing his heart from the traumas he’s endured in his life. But I hope that he will, because I know, under all that insecure ego stuff, all that blaming of others, all that power-mongering, and that seeming need for deception to somehow keep himself “safe,” there is a good heart. I’ve seen it :) But I think the above message is to remind me not to allow him to pull me back into his unconscious need for conflict and problematic relationships, a need to have someone around that he can blame all his “bad luck” on. He needs to know, it won’t ever be me again.
Yep, I’m gonna keep healing from all the icky stuff ;) and keep on growing in that wonderful self-love thing :) … and allow myself the joy of each and every, big and small, success along the way. I’m gonna do as the Universe is advising through this fabulous book of incomparable wisdom. I’m going to learn how, and allow the time, to really, really joyfully celebrate in 2008, yay!
My mantra: “Celebrate 2008, celebrate 2008, celebrate 2008! … “ Haha! ;)
Wishing all a mega-joyful celebration called 2008!
Woohoo! *more cartwheels* lol ;)
Peace,
Dove
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December 31, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Happy New Year, DoveTarot…I wish u for 2008 unlimited ”turning cartwheels” on Self-Love, Tarot Intuition, Totems Protection, Writing Inspiration, etc…
U will get a buzz from it for sure or be very dizzy…But, getting dizzy on positive things is quiet a thrill..loll!!
Bonne Année!
CV
December 31, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Thanks, CV! Hey, watch out for all that dizzy business, lol ;)
Have a Super-ly Superlative New Year, CV! *okay, dizzy from cartwheels* haha! :)
January 1, 2008 at 5:21 pm
You’re an fascinating woman with a passion for life and living it to the fullest that I very much admire. I have little doubt about 2008 being a celebration year for you. Let the party begin!
Namaste
January 2, 2008 at 4:13 am
Happy New Year, dovelove! Glad to see you’ve got the matrixy design on this page. That was the first design I used from the wordpress templates, too. I dig the snowy snow-fall you added, too.
I’m looking forward to visiting your site with good frequency.
Best.
January 2, 2008 at 5:39 am
Matrixy? Awesome :) I’ve only seen that first Matrix movie, and I totally loved it — sooo much symbolic meaning, one particularly powerful message I received from it… But I had no idea I was being matrixy with this, cool! lol ;)
Another interesting sync between us, is that my first theme on here was your current one :) I adore nature and that’s a sweet pic, and the only nature one I could find on here. But then it started to clash with my MS paint pics, so I came upon this one. I love it ’cause it’s soft and quiet, calming — I love the charcoal gray and the green, the simplicity of it is perfect.
Have a fabulous New Year, Cadeveo!
Peace,
Dove
January 2, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Celebrate good times, come on! Now I’ve got the song in my head. That’s OK… :) Looking forward to more DOveLove in 08! - C
January 2, 2008 at 3:14 pm
LOL… Well if it’s any consolation, I’ve had this song buzzin’ around in my head this mornin’ and I couldn’t even tell ya’ who sings it — I think it’s some African-American women :) “We are fam-uh-lee…get up everybody and…” That’s all I know, LOL ;) But the we-are-family part keeps hangin’ in there, haha
And I don’t have any biological family, er, to speak of — left a big dysfunctional mess of that behind me bunches of years ago. Never felt like the stork left me at the right place anyway, LOL
Anyhoo ;) Have a spectacularly wonderful New Year, CC!
Hugs,
Dove
January 5, 2008 at 8:13 am
[...] been getting the number three like mad in the last 24 hours. It seems to be tied into the “celebrate” message I received from opening a book. In the Tarot, that message would be conveyed with the Three of [...]
January 6, 2008 at 6:18 am
Hey Brightfeather, eek, I’m sorry, your comment had gone to the SPAM folder and I haven’t been remembering to check it, but for some reason I clicked on there just now to view that massive amount of stuff and your pretty pink profile pic jumped out at me from all that black and white stuff :)
Thank you for your good wishes, and wishing you a wonderful New Year as well :)
Peace,
Dove
January 7, 2008 at 7:26 pm
hello dove,
it was as if i had to write to you… :)
stumbled upon or rather was drawn to ur website for the first time right now thro a link on another website… thought like i’d like to see… coz i love tarot too n have been doing readings for myself almost everyday for the past 8 months reg a personal situation that has been very significant in bringing forth great healing and transformation within me n my life, of course, not without heart-wrenching pain :)
while browsing… got aware of certain common language that resonated with me n then got excited when i read the post about the list of books coz I have been reading ‘the language of letting go’n it’s very important to me n just last night at a friend’s place, I happen to find ‘The Celestine Prophecy’ which I borrowed to read n was browsing through it today! :)
The next I know is while reading the ‘Celebrate’ post, I almost jumped out of my seat coz not only have I been doing exactly the same thing, daily for the past 15 days ie. focusing on my issue n opening up the book to see what the universe has to tell me… I’ve been using ‘The Language of Letting Go’ for it n each time I have felt blessed and grateful for the synchronicities I discovered there in! :)
Not just this… what compelled me to write to you immediately is the fact that on New Years the page I opened to was the one you’ve mentioned as being on the opposite page - about sadness n guilt ‘about those we’ve left behind — those not recovering… And yes, it hurts to leave behind those we love…’ n while I was reading it on New Years … I had suddenly broken down into tears then as I realized how true it was for me n how unawares I was about it until that moment!
these synchronicities of my own personal journey with what I came to find here on your website called for me to leave this comment for you…:) n though am definitely not surprised by this kind of ‘magic’ around me, it always excites n fascinates me!!… n never fails to bring that smile of wonder on my face!! :)
thanks so much for this experience that I’ve shared with you… :)
Wishin ‘magic’ to you and everyone…
In Peace n Gratitude,
~ freewheelin’
January 7, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Wow, that is awesome, Freewheelin’ :) Same book, same page, same day…same, same, same, lol ;) Ya’ just happened upon this site, this post… Man, a whole lot of magic goin’ on right now :) Thank you so much for sharing that, Freewheein’ How wonderfully intriguing. Your comments are welcome anytime.
Peace,
Dove