Bravery is not an absence of fear.
It's facing your doubts, feeling the pounding of your heart, steeling yourself and doing the difficult thing that you know is right for you.
It's following your moral compass, staying true to your path, and refusing to give up no matter how many times you stumble along the way.
Courage is raw, authentic, and often messy.
You feel the fear, but you act out of love and hope, for yourself, your beloveds, a desire to help create a…
“You must be healed before you can heal others.”
I hear it all the time, and I am here for the sole purpose of calling bullshit.
It's akin to insisting that one must first love themselves in order to be loved,
which plants the seed that those who are broken and traumatized do not deserve love.
I promise you that we are all works in progress, for all time.
Each soul who exists upon this earth, flesh and bones with love and pain,
we have our ups and downs…
A prayer for Brighid, as yet unnamed...
I cut ties with both sides of my blood family years ago and Brighid has taken her place as my adopted mother. Spiritually, she and her priestesses are my ancestry.
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Earlier, I was praying to Brighid, and asking for her to watch over me and guide me the right way as I sense major life changes approaching. Words began to enter my mind; words that, at first, I thought I was just saying to her. Then I thought, "I need to write this down."
I believe that she answered my prayer within my prayer. What a wondrous moment, and yet so very much like Brighid, the master wordsmith that she is.
I humble myself before you, Brighid.
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