Wisdom's Child

What is an Empath? 

She is a lovely garden walkway; a dancing dragonfly; soft murmurs of pine trees in a deep forest; whispering willows; boiling clouds and rolling thunder; flower filled meadows; granite cliffs; a soft hush; a gentle rain; a baby's sigh; honey and vinegar; chocolate and vanilla; salt and pepper; a summer breeze; anguished cries; cold, hard rain; joy and hope; sadness and sorrow; solemn; darkness and light; coy and shy; angry;  patient; impudent and humble; teetering-unwavering; lost and found.

She is all these things because she is all these things. 
Wisdom's Child
One with the Universe
Content with her Knowledge
Imbuing Hope
Spreading Sunshine

She knows that Life is only Temporary; That she will travel this road again; Next time, she will be better prepared for the challenges she has chosen, on Behalf of the All 

September 3, 2013 - 1st Day of Fall

Forget the Autumnal Equinox of September 22, 2013.  This morning, September 3, I walked outside and felt a difference in the energy surrounding me.  The energy I felt yesterday was subdued, nothing out of the ordinary.  This morning it was entirely different.  The energy I felt was stronger and chocked full of excitement.  You could describe it as an "expectation" type of energy, a feeling that something was going to happen.  What that "something" could possibly be I don't know but I definitely felt it.  I believe, based on the insects that showed up early this year and a new one I've never seen before, the sun's rays feeling hotter this year than last, shrubs and trees now beginning to show brittle brown leaves, that the weather is indeed acting a little strange.  We had plenty of rain in July which is very unusual but now we are in the first throes of a drought.  Things are just not acting nor feeling normal.  Okay, I know, "what is normal?"  -- You know, the good old standbys--temps that stay within the range for your area; rain when it is supposed to fall; no insane weather mood swings  from one extreme to the other; insects that normally show up in the fall but don't stay around all year.  We've got crickets that started showing up in April and haven't left yet.  Hummers started showing up in April (normally, it's May or June).  Be prepared for a very cold, wet and very harsh and unforgiving winter.  I can't tell you how I know this (even before the Almanac published the very same thing) but I promise you I did not consult this well-known guide beforehand.  I just had a feeling.       

Little Boy, Big Boy

My husband had had a particularly bad morning with not being able to locate his wallet.  But as the morning wore on, the lost was found.  It was such a relief to both of us.  We thought, "you know, this is going to be a very special day.  Why don't we just take the day off and enjoy ourselves?  Let's have lunch and on the way, buy a couple of lottery tickets."  So we headed down to IKEA for a little bit of shopping and lunch.  I'm an avid observer of people and can pick up on the energies surrounding them.  As we sat down to eat, my eyes spied a little two year sitting in a shopping cart next to his parents who were seated.  "Interesting, I thought, the father is sitting next to him, not the mother."  The father was big, probably a good six feet and had large hands.  He crumbled up some food into the napkin in front of the toddler.   The parents seemed to be oblivious to the little one other than to feed him some food every so often.  There was barely any eye contact or any effort made to converse with him.  Maybe they were too hungry to take time?   Maybe they'd had a busy day and were just trying to relax?  The toddler would stare out the large window every now and then and then turn back to pick up more food.  The parents sat looking at each other more than they did their son.  I thought the little one deserved more.  Was he really only just an afterthought?  The result of some night time passionate lovemaking only to be thrust out into the world between a couple who just now came to the realization that two had become three and they weren't quite sure how to cope with their decision to bring a life into the world?  Anyway, I felt sorry for the little tyke.  I wanted to go over there and put my arms around the parents and say, "you know, you two could devote a little more of your time to that little fella sitting all by himself ."  Of course I didn't and lamented as I watched them move out of sight.