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"The essence of finding meaning in the future is not to forget my past, as I have been told, but instead to embrace my past. For it is in listening to the music of the past that I can sing in the present and dance into the future."
(from UNDERSTANDING YOUR GRIEF, by Alan Woldfelt, Ph.D., p. 92)
Last night I dreamed that R came home from the war. With him was a friend he had served with in Vietnam. His friend was from the American Southeast and had a face shaped like the moon. He looked like one of the prisoners from "O, Brother Where Art Thou?" R's friend laughed easily. R was quiet and serious. I was staying with friends in a house near a river. R and I hugged and kissed each other. R said, "You were always here for me. Thank you." That was the last time I saw him in the dream. As I sat by the river with my friends, I began to understand that R was telling me that his death was near, that he was not afraid and didn't want me to be afraid either. Just before I woke up, I stretched my legs out so that I could feel the river's current. I thought, "Where is R? I want him to see this beautiful river." It seemed that he wasn't far away.
Last year in December, I posted the above photo of me in a variation of the Yoga pose called Natarajasana or the King of the Dancers pose. Today I'm going to use some of my credits at Yoga Northwest and sign up for a Restorative Yoga class which meets on Sunday evenings. I miss practicing yoga with a teacher and with other people.
On Thanksgiving, my "ClustrMap" was archived, and all the red dots were removed. Here is a list of visitors since then. I'm curious to know how people from all over the world happen to visit my blog.
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United States (US) 122
United Kingdom (GB) 11
Canada (CA) 10
Turkey (TR) 2
Australia (AU) 2
India (IN) 2
Germany (DE) 2
Lithuania (LT) 1
Russian Federation (RU) 1
Sweden (SE) 1
Denmark (DK) 1
Sri Lanka (LK) 1
Europe (EU) 1
Philippines (PH) 1
Saudi Arabia (SA) 1
China (CN) 1
Switzerland (CH) 1
Czech Republic (CZ) 1
Next to my front door, before dawn this morning:
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Remembering John Lennon (1940-1980) today:
Instant Karma
"We all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun."
Stand By Me
6 comments:
happy 2nd birthday to your blog.
I would love a yoga class, wish there was one in town still, good for you for signing up!
it is good for you to take care of yourself.
Dawn -- Thank you for the blog birthday greetings!
Strong pose.
I don't know of a woman so haunted as you are.
Zhoen -- Haunted. Yes. That's a chilling word. I just looked it up and found its etymology:
OE hamettan, to domicile, deriv. of ham, HOME.
As I tell these stories and dreams from my memory, I can see the ghosts of RTN and me in my "home" more clearly. Healing takes place each time I know that another person hears what I am saying and can reflect it back to me. My physical and emotional health is returning after all these years. Until the fall of 2007, I was not able to do Natarajasana. That photo documented a breakthrough. I couldn't hold the pose for very long, but the fact that I could hold it at all was exhilarating. I laughed out loud in delight!
healing -- n. 3. the act or process of regaining health. [ME hele(n), OE haelen (c. D helen, G heilen, Icel heila, Goth haijan), deriv, of hal HALE, WHOLE]
The true end of a war is the rebirth of life;
the right to die peacefully in your own bed.
The true end of war is the end of fear;
the true end of war is the return of laughter.
(Alfredo Molano)
Love your comment above in total - and your reflection about healing in particular.
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