by Cara Lee Bauer

I’m writing this because there seems to be a lot up for people right now.  Whether it’s the economy, elections, the change of season or something else, many people are feeling uneasy, on the edge or even ready to quit trying.

Feeling uneasy myself, I redid my altar today and in the center I put a large empty bowl.  Then as I was mopping the floor I started to understand why.  In my personal process I am being challenged to let go of deep, old patterns.  I just can’t do it the same way anymore.  My old ways aren’t working.  But I don’t know what the new way is.  I don’t know how to do it differently.  How am I supposed to know what to do to get to the next level?  All I can do is be willing to open, to make myself empty to receive the new.  Spirit, please show me.

Like many others, I want change in our country.  And to facilitate a change in November, I can start right now.  What am I willing to let go of?  What is not working for me?  A feeling of peace comes over me when I know it is done.  I am the change.  I still don’t know what the new way is but I have connected and I trust that I will be shown.  It will surely come in a form I least expect.

When I accept myself and give myself permission to change, a freedom comes over me that can spread to those all around me.  It is likely to have effects that I will never see.  My own empty bowl will likely be filled with amazing gifts that I can share with others.  There is hope for change in an empty bowl.