Mending What Matters…
Originally Published in the Awakened Soul Newsletter sent December 12, 2024
Time is moving quickly towards the end of 2024 and the beginning of a new year. It seems like in a snap we will be through the holidays and into making resolutions and changes.
Yet I would like to invite you to slow things down in this season. To make some time for inner reflection and perhaps do a little “house cleaning” in order to clear space for something new….
This season is called Advent in the Christian calendar which is a time of waiting for something new to be born. In the northern hemisphere, we focus on the winter solstice and the opportunity to go into a time of inward focus and rest. Like in nature, it is a time of reset.
A spiritual message that recently came to me was the invitation to consider what still needs mending in my life. What relationships still have some resentment or unresolved tension that I am ready to notice and clear.
It is easy in a busy life to just go on with the routine of everyday living without attending to what really matters. The holiday season in particular can make it difficult to reflect on inner messages and our hearts’ desires.
This invitation is really about Karma. A wise teacher I know says Karma is simply about taking responsibility for the particulars of your life. Noticing what is in your lane to clean up whether it be because of something you did or something you failed to notice and take responsibility for. Karma is not a bad thing; it could be viewed as an opportunity to grow up or to up-level your consciousness with awareness and awakening.
We live in a world full of distractions. Most of us were raised with family conditioning to ignore or deny karma, secrets, habits, or family/cultural patterns.
These distractions and the tendency to ignore or deny lead to stored dense energy in our bodies and energy fields. It is as if we live with unnoticed software/malware problems that continue to run their programs in the dark. These unnoticed and unattended “software” issues slow us down and make it difficult to act with responsibility, higher values and wisdom.
This invitation to notice patterns hidden in the dark that no longer serve us is a gift. Taking time during this season to notice what needs mending offers the opportunity for clarity in the new year.
On December 12, 2024, it is said that we will be in a portal of time. Those who are knowledgeable about numerology report that this portal is an opportunity for balance, harmony and creating stability.
Perhaps this day is when you will feel the urge to slow down and notice what is waiting to be cleared in your life. Let it be an opportunity to bring in the three gifts of balance, harmony and creative stability.
Approaching this portal and in the time after, perhaps you will find the time to recognize something in your life related to karma or a somewhat hidden energy that you are ready to release. It may lead to making an adjustment to your habits, amends in a relationship, an energetic release of an old false belief or thought or a recognition of a responsibility to own. Some releases will take time and planning such as a ritual or practice and/or working with a therapist or healer of some kind.
My prayer for all of us in this season is that we make the time to mend what matters. I believe this will also give us the room for allowing something new to come into existence.
May you feel the many blessings of this season and may you find peace in minding important matters and your heart’s true desires.
