Reflections After the Rain...

August 2011 - rain pelting on the driveway

In the early hours of this morning I truly thought that the end was here.  A lightning strike that lit up the sky and thunder to accompany it that sounded like the apocalypse.  Were I Chicken Little (I loved that book!) I seriously would have believed that the sky was falling!   I went to sleep with the window open listening to the sound of rain falling.  It is a sound that I find soothing and refreshing and one that we haven't heard for some time.  The earth was parched and needed quenching.  To be wakened with a start, jumping up out of bed and feeling the house shake was terrifying. Thunderous it was!  And I like the sound of thunder and the flash of lightening.  But not last night's version.  A huge reminder that nature can be violent.

It's still raining off and on and this morning and is meant to throughout the day with the possibility of more thunderstorms to come.  I was commenting to a friend last night that I prefer listening to the rain in the dark where I cannot see it but can only hear it's music and it's beauty.  I now know that I much prefer to have my thunder and lightning where I can see them...and prepare!

So today will be a day of reflection and not needing to be outdoors.  The rain has cleared the air both outside and within my "self" and I always feel that ease when the weather has changed and lifted the oppressive heat.

perfumerie jar purchased in Bay City, Michigan - July 2012.  Filled with my own home grown lavender

I'm thinking about energy this morning.  I am now a Level I Reiki Practioner having had my 15 minute attunement last night with Jodi LeBrun.  It was a calming, restorative session and according to Jodi, she could feel the energy waves coming from me.  I'm eager to go through my manual and begin practicing the hand movements and continuing this journey.

Energy seems to guide my life...I believe it guides everyone.  Why do we make the choices we do or gravitate towards some people and not others?  Why did my hand land on this lovely little jar that is 3 1/2" high?  Oh true, I loved the shape and I loved the lid.  But my hand reached out to it before my eyes had properly taken it in.  I don't know who owned this jar, who touched it, held it, used whatever was inside.  But my energy flowed to where it was, higher on a shelf than I could reach.  I needed to manoeuvre my way inside the booth and stretch to reach it.  So often I don't bother when something is out of my immediate reach...but I did with this.  And then I put it back!  I looked at the price tag and decided that it was a little more than I wanted to pay.  But I didn't stop thinking about it as I walked through the rest of the store.  As I reached the cash register with a small plate in my hand, I asked the proprietor to wait one moment and I hurried back to the bottle, picked it up with ease and no manoeuvring and made sure that it came home with me.

Notice the energy around you.  Do you act on what you feel?