Spring always motivates me to start something new, to tie up all the loose ends of the winter and begin new projects. Do I ever get all the loose ends tied up? The answer is no but I do make progress. The newness of the season triggers a type of energy that wants to create something new, clean up the inside and outside of the body, spend time outside and plant, plant, plant new things. The energy is such that all that is familiar is changing and we have to recalibrate our expectations to deal with all the change. We get stuck in patterns because they are comfortable and then our brains don’t have to find new pathways to understand new things. What happens is we get stuck and our brains cease to function at optimal levels. I have been learning multitudes of new things. Dealing with the new way to pay taxes when even my accountant can’t make the app work was most interesting. But after two hours on the computer I got my taxes paid, finally. Have you tried to sign up for Social Security and upload your driver’s license to the website? That also took two hours and my brain was challenged. But I did it. That makes me feel young, like I am not a dinosaur and I can come into the level of technology of today. I may do it kicking and screaming but the confidence and freedom one gets from figuring it all out keeps your brain young. Am I proud of the work? Absolutely, and I will keep challenging myself to learn new things all the time. I have found that doing a new crochet pattern also causes me to use new pathways. Therefore, I figure I am staying current mentally. Now comes the hard part for me. I must continually push the physical body to stay as current as the mental body. But, the alternative is not an option as far as I am concerned. I choose independence, life and creativity as long as I am here. So much for my rant. I let those things that make no sense to me flow through the ethers and not settle in my environment. I pray daily for the trees, the animals, the creatures of the water and air and all humanity. It is the energy of possibility of blessed change for all mankind that we will learn to cherish each other and the planet. I am going to build a water-collecting device that gathers water from the atmosphere, not because I fear a lack of water, but the plans look intriguing and it will be a great mental challenge that just might work. Where your focus goes, energy flows. Keep it positive, keep it loving and we will all arrive at our perfect destination. Blessings, Dove
