The Week Ahead – Monday Oracle for Monday 26 December

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“My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.”
~ Patricia Highsmith

In January this year I made an important decision. I have a life where I am almost always on call. Always connected and reachable. Always busy. Even though I work for myself and love my work, and I certainly don’t work every hour of every day, I had reached a point where I was doing some kind of work every day.

So this year I decided to make a change and designated Sunday as my unplugged day.

I made some simple rules for this unplugged day:

no work
no blogging
not even a skerrick of work
no social media
no checking emails
no checking my phone
no surfing the net
no games on my phone or tablet
no saying yes to invitations out of duty or obligation
no answering my cell phone (only family, close friends…

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Life Lucky Dips – Why You Need Them!

I believe every one needs to take time for themselves. Take time to refill the vessel [you] that you give so much from daily.

Cauldrons and Cupcakes

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“Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”
~ Henry Clay

In Australia we have a quaint custom called a Lucky Dip. It is often found at fairs and school fetes. A box full of mystery gifts from which we can choose. Every gift is a prize, and part of the novelty is that the gift will be a surprise.

When I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure several years ago, and given a short life expectancy, I decided to make it a point to choose a ‘Lucky Dip’ for myself each week. I would gift myself a small action or adventure, or perhaps even a physical thing – the equivalent of stopping to smell life’s roses – so that if I died, I could know that I had been truly living in the midst of all of…

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Permaculture’s Ethic of Self Care as a Spiritual Practice

This is a great post.I do write but not as much as I would like.

The Druid's Garden

Permaculture Stars – Painting done on Lughnassadh, 2015 after returning from my PDC!

I’ve already talked on this blog some time ago about the three permaculture ethical principles–these are simple ethical principles that allow us to live life in a way that is fair, equitable, and sustaining to all life. I use these ethical principles as “mantras” to live by and they are deeply woven into my druid practice. I have them hanging in my house, as small reminders, each day. As a review, the principles are people care (caring for others of our own species); earth care (caring or all life) and fair share (ensuring that you only take your fair share and that all life has theirs too). Today, I want to talk about the fourth ethical principle–self care and show how principles from druid practice can help us engage in better self care. I do so…

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