May 21, 2012
In manifesting my goals, I focus clearly on my intent and desires. My clear heart is my most powerful ally. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Heart Reflection from a Clam Shell ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
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May 21, 2012
In manifesting my goals, I focus clearly on my intent and desires. My clear heart is my most powerful ally. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Heart Reflection from a Clam Shell ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
May 14, 2012
My will is powerful and strong. I am confident that my intent is capable of manifesting my desires. My desires are healthy and positive, serving only to empower my intent. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Turtles at Maudslay State Park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
May 11, 2012
As I watch this Spring explode with fresh life, from new leaves on the trees and flowers, to baby bunnies and wrens, I am grateful for all the gifts of Mother Nature. Today, I thank the Great Mother Goddess for all her blessings and abundance… ~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Baby Bunny in the Garden On The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
May 10, 2012
Today, I make room for all new opportunities in my life. I open my mind and my heart to all that is possible and I recognize that change is good and necessary in order to grow and become all that I can be. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
(Photo: Butterfly at Maudslay State Park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
April 2, 2012
“Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in Heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy should be from the first a partaker of the truth, for then he can be trusted.” – Plato
(Photo: Late March at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)
March 28, 2012
After 11 weeks in some sort of a cast on my right foot, I am finally free. Free!
What a relief… But now the work begins. I got the okay to not sue my air cast any longer on Monday and yesterday I jumped right into PT. I’m done with laying and sitting around and ready to be outdoors walking and enjoying Mother Nature.
Right before I fell, I had been walking 3 – 4 days a week, mostly on the trails at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and I am itching to get back on those trails.
Years ago I walked 4 – 5 days week, when my daughter was young and it was so healing for me: body, mind and soul. I was just starting to feel the endorphins kick in after about 3 – 4 weeks of walking when I fell.
My physical therapist asked what my goals were yesterday and I told her walking. As we talked more, I explained to her that I have a dream in the back of my mind that I would like to see come to fruition in the next couple of years and that is to walk The Camino.
I explained that I had recently watched The Way, and it renewed my desire to make the trek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f4f_CzD5-oOne day at a time for now… slowly, steadily building up strength, flexibility, balance and agility. Walking The Camino is no walk in the park, it is in fact a pilgrimage or spiritual adventure, depending on your religious views or lack there of.
I can honestly say now that I am starting to build up my strength again, the past 11 weeks were truly a very difficult time in my life. I am grateful to have had a really good orthopedic doctor who immediately recognized my injury as a Lisfranc sprain. it’s a complicated injury, that will takes weeks of PT to finish my recovery.
And then… Well, there’s trails at Parker River, Maudslay and elsewhere where I can make a type of daily pilgrimage to feed my body, mind and soul with the healing, loving nature of the Mother.
And so… the Mid-Life Crisis Adventure continues…
(Photo: Hellcat Swamp Trail ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)