It's Not Always Easy, but the Vision is Strong
We have officially been living in Indiana for 3 weeks! The weather shifted the past few days from the intense cold to the warmth of the sun. Just about all the snow has melted. It’s funny to reflect that a week ago we were in the middle of a snow storm and our car wouldn’t start! Now the birds are chirping and our car is thankfully fixed, after being in the shop for 4 days. We haven’t needed to keep a fire going throughout the days and nights as we had been for the past two weeks. We have just needed to star a fire in the early morning and late evening. I’m sure the weather will shift again and we will adjust alongside of it, because we are adaptable beings with limitless potential to thrive with the shifts of the times, seasons, and circumstances that we attract into our life.
January and February has been really challenging. When we found out we were leaving to Indiana, mid January, we set a ball in motion that we are just now catching up to. We found ourselves in Indiana with a big project to undertake; cleaning, organizing, and arranging our 400 square foot cabins. As I mentioned in my last blog, one cabin is our sleeping cabin and the other is our kitchen/living space. Although the cabins each have 400sq feet of space we realistically can only use half of that. The upstairs of the kitchen/living cabin is filled with storage of our own belongings and a lot of the furniture that was in the cabins when we first arrived. Then in our sleeping cabin, there is a large bed in the upstairs loft that can’t be taken down. So we are just able to fit Lila’s crib upstairs. So we mainly have the downstairs of both cabins to live in.
Since it has been so cold we have only been able to use the sleeping cabin because the wood stove, in that cabin, works wonderfully. The wood stove, in the other cabin, does not heat the cabin well and so we can’t use that space when it is very cold. Therefore, we hunkered down in our sleeping cabin as it was the only warm space so for the past few weeks. We have all been living in about 200 sq feet of space together. We have definitely been getting a little on each other’s nerves. Lila is also antsy because she wants to run around and get out all her pent up energy out. Now that the weather is warming, we can use both the spaces and she can be outside much more!
We have been learning a lot about ourselves and each other through this process. This transition has not been easy but it is all worth it. Just because we follow our heart, doesn’t always mean that the path we walk will be easy. What makes that journey “easier” is knowing I’m on the right path, even if it gets a rocky and steep. We came here for our vision and this vision is going to take time to nurture and grow. I will share more about our vision, in time, and what we have been up to as we plan to settle here, with our sweet family, for a while.
I have had some really rough moments over the past month, RJ and I have had some rough moments together, and Lila and I have been having some tense times together as well! There are still wildly beautiful moments together, but when I am tired and spread thin it can be challenging to be patient- in all areas of my life. Patient with others, patient with my thoughts and emotions, patience with how I express myself and patience with how events unfold. I have been learning a lot about letting go of control and more about surrender and trust. A lesson that continuously unfolds in my life.
One aspect of my life that has kept me energized and alive is my work in this world. I know I am living in alignment with my purpose when I can truly say my work is a living expression of my soul. My work excites me and brings so much fulfillment! I love connecting with my dear community and sharing the healing arts of ceremony, reiki, visualization, yoga, meditation, intuitive readings, crystals, chakra alignment, and so on. It’s an honor and joy to be able to share the emanation of my soul with others. My work also holds me accountable for myself! If I am going to hold space for the transformation of others, how am I showing up for myself? How am I tending to my own evolution? How and I nurturing my relationship to myself and the Divine? How am I healing myself and tuning-in to my bodies wisdom?
To be a clear channel and strong healer, we must heal ourselves and we must show up for ourselves. In 1 week I am beginning my Authentic Alignment: Guidance & Healing Program with 9 powerful women! This 3 month program is a deep dive into aligning with your purpose for this life and to live from that place of alignment with Authenticity, Power, Presence, and Joy. This program is a journey into oneself and I share with you all that I have learned and practiced that have helped me remember my purpose for this life-time. Our purpose isn’t JUST something we do. It is WHO we are, it is a living essence of our highest self-emanating into all of our life. Authentic Alignment is a deep knowing that the path you are on is serving your Highest Good. This is what this program is meant to support you in, alignment back with you Divine Path.
I am so grateful to begin this journey in one week! I look forward to growing alongside all the beautiful women in this program. Together, we will support each other in seeing our true beauty, beholding the light of our soul, and holding space for each other’s pure essence to emanate forth so that we may be guided by the fragrance of our soul, as we dance through life.
OM, PEACE, AMEN
Love,
Ashley
