January 25, 2009 at 1:17 am (Uncategorized)

The Offering

It takes a while this settling in, 5 years and more before I become content about where I live. I no longer feel the need to constantly fly back to Adelaide. I enjoy being where I am. It helps that I can sit outside on the deck and enjoy this magnificent view. The constant chatter of birdlife surrounds me, while in the distance the kookaburra’s herald in the morning with a cackling laugh, reminding me to enjoy the moment and take time to laugh.

At one stage in my life I thought I had lost joy and laughter forever. I would peer into others lives in wonder as they went through life unaware of the happiness they reflected outwardly, yet I was bereft of this state. It had slithered out of my life and seemed buried in the undergrowth hidden from view. I felt betrayed, bewildered and totally lost desiring someone else to fill the happiness space.

What a joy to sit here today feeling that internal state of joy and contentment bubbling up from within me. I now longer felt that I needed to be out there trying to get someone to bring it within, no longer desperately trying to make it happen.

I sit here totally present, satisfied and at peace with my world. Nature, creativity and the will to give up the past assisted in my return to this place. The seeds of happiness are deep within my heart which is now ready to share them with others along the way.

I offer to the Goddess my deepest thanks for her guidance to this place. The offering I give is the symbol of peace, the dove which is shown flying through the trees as sunlight, the symbol of happiness lights the sky and the symbol of love in the roses show their breathtaking splendor to the world and lastly I offer laughter, in the form of the kookaburra..