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"Magic comes from what is inside you. It is part of you. You can't weave together a spell you don't believe in"  ~Jim Butcher

I won Mother Bear after entering a competition a while back. To win a Mother Bear sculpture by Bell Pine Art Farm, at a time when my own lovingly nicknamed wolfhound "Bear" was poorly, today I won! On the morning I prepare to see Nahko (bear) in concert! I won! My beloved dog's health is improving! From trusting my instincts, our connection, demanding a second opinion beyond the obvious.

I won! A focal point of bear medicine upon my altar for daily ceremony. I won the trust of following my inspirations to see an artist I have put off on three occasions!

I "one!"

A deeper connection with myself, the Universe, beyond synchronicity, to an underlying universal flow. Ayni. Reciprocity. By actually asking AND receiving!

This morning I can feel it all. Not just the pain of loss, determination, hope, but the love. The release. Surrender. Trust. Given over and through me to an energy far greater than myself. Pure essence. Potential. Directing me. I feel home in this skin, grounded in my own willing submission.

Shuffling the Tarot, deciding to work with the Vision Quest deck, aware of the connection in my heart, my Soul, to this energy. Yet also blocks in my ego, from fear of being cliche, culturally inappropriate somehow, I randomly selected from behind, the Three of Air. Doubt tuning into the unknown image in my hands. Relaxing. No longer seeking. Opening. I heard "you don't have to fight or earn this, it's who you are". Placing the card on my womb space as guided.

My eyes filling with light. Love. Tears filling them with compassion and beauty. Seeing my surroundings from this mothering, nurturing, creative space. I felt so many that had forgotten their unique roles in the stories to be weaved.

Based on perceptions

Lost to the magic of themselves

To thier own link to Pachamama

Me included

The card was integration or Temperance. Today open your own heart to the Great mother. Beyond your mind. Breath in that which you, she, are physically hoping to manifest. Unite with HER Spirit. Form your own medicine wheel within you. Allow the changes needed to occur. In your own view of who you really are.

May we all create such stories of beauty from the freedom of our innate skills

As we connect to the "won" in us all!

In deepest munay (love)