What just happened?

ME! Exiting the inside of a SEQUOIA….no big deal….

Looking at this image I am reminded of my JOY. My childlike sense of adventure and the magic of nature and WOMEN.

I am one day into my re-entry and it’s as if I have experienced HEAVEN and trying to process, what just happened…….

All I know is it was a sacred space and time that I am deeply grateful I took the space and time to GIFT myself. I think I need more time to process. All I know is I am forever changed.

It’s a harsh reality to come back to. The world got more horrific by way of WAR while I was away. I am heartbroken. I’m so sad. All I can do is PRAY.

I experienced the most beautiful parts of being human. It’s shocking to see what is going on in our world and I feel more and more I need to do something to make it better. I am searching my soul for answers.

How can I do my part?

How can I protect nature? My children? Other sisters and brothers?

What’s happening?

I know I am not alone in the unresolved questions on my heart. I know your heart is broken too.

I want you to know I love you. I want you to know mine is hurting too.

I am not hopeless, I am FAITHFULLY hopeful. I know God has a plan and I am humbly seeking to align myself with it. I am hopeful because of this experience of “RE-TREAT”. It was a retreat to my heart and it’s vulnerability. It was witnessing the beauty of nature and other people’s commitment to their hearts.

This is the seed that comes out of the sequoia cone. Look how small. The seed that is planted so small. These trees take time to sprout and then they are super vulnerable. They are tiny tine baby trees. That have to withstand the test of time and FIRE! We see FIRE and we know it is a destructive FORCE, AND it is also PURIFICATION. Taken at face value we can focus only on what it takes away, forgetting that it’s ALCHEMICAL potency. FIRE and DESTRUCTION are a necessity for the PRESERVATION of nature.

This TRUTH soothes me as I look at the Destruction around me. Perhaps this is what it takes for the PRESERVATION of humanity.

I am going to continue to plant my own seeds and trust the process of LIFE and DEATH and RESURRECTION.

Mouth open with WOW! See the burn on the lower part of the trunk? It helps the tree to live longer. The bark on the tree is even designed for this. Reminding me of Divine order. I don’t know. I no longer can take things at face value. I have to turn look further and dig deeper. Humble myself to the mystery. I may never KNOW. I must TRUST.

Oh, LIFE!

Thank you TREES! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Until next time….

L E S L I E