snagged from fairgoldberry

A dear friend has done a beautiful thing. apocalypticbob has created a community called thewailingwall. She says:

"This community is to be a virtual Wailing Wall, where people of all faiths (or even no faith) are welcome to leave concerns and joys to be lifted up by others. I created this community with the greatest sense of reverence after watching a news story on the Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall, and wishing that I had somewhere to just leave my concerns and joys and allow others to lift them up in prayer with me.

The community rules are incredibly simple:

1) Treat others with respect and kindness. Any trolling or flaming will result in immediate banning. There are plenty of snark communities out there. This isn't one of them. If you are not willing to uplift someone in prayer and intentions, please do not comment on their entry. Please keep posts on topic and don't dilute the community with any posts beyond prayers.

2) Your entry is your prayer. I believe that the act of writing your prayer out constitues a prayer. I also believe that people of all faiths can benefit from prayer. You may pray in whatever manner you choose, to whomever you choose. I ask that if there are items mentioned in your prayer that might be inappropriate for children under the age of 13 to read, you consider putting them under a cut with a warning, but I will not insist on it.

3) You may choose if you wish to allow comments, screen them, or disallow them entirely. The community default will be to have comments unscreened. If someone is behaving in an uncouth manner, please contact me and I will be happy to take care of it. I ask that you not delete anyone's comments, but you may freeze unacceptable comment threads until I can take care of the offender. I seriously doubt this will be an issue, but I like to be prepared.

Thank you for reading and joining this community. May it be a place of peace and solace for all in need."

I know we all have people in our lives we're concerned about, people we'd like to uplift, to help, to celebrate, or to remember, and I think this is a good idea, a good space in which to channel what I've come to see as an incredible wealth of spirituality and compassion among my friends. I've joined, of course, and I'd urge you to consider doing the same.

I love you all.

update

Last I updated was just before I left for KC. Life was in a terrible uproar. The car was exploding, relatives were exploding(emotionally not actually), and I didn't have the energy to deal with it all at once. My msg at the time was to release expectations. Seems to be a msg for this year overall.

Re: the car. Friday the hose that had sprung a leak was replaced before we even left town. Sat evening in Westport it exploded coolant all over the parking lot. Noticed this at 10:30. Not a place that I was able to see what the problem was so I filled it up with coolant and prayed that it would make it to my mom's house. It did, where it leaked more coolant all over the street.

Sunday morning dawned and I was able to see the situation. The coolant had been coming out of the overflow. Hmm, possible list of problems long and expensive including a blown headgasket. I was not overly suspicious of this due to previous experience with that car trouble. Ended up taking it to get a flush and fill on Monday. We made it home with no problems and it hasn't been giving me any since then but I think both the Honey and I are waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Re: relatives. I still haven't heard from my brother or sister-in-law regarding seeing my niece and nephew. That's three visits in a row that they have not returned calls or emails. I'd like to say I can take a hint but they are my kids and until I am specifically told that I need to go away and leave them alone I am going to keep reaching out to them.

The Honey's brother and sister-in-law are rehashing an old play that we've all seen before. I wonder if they've got it in them to break out of the script this time. I'm less gently inclined towards the sister-in-law right now as she seems to be using the children as manipulating chips in a play to hurt said brother and his whole family. We shall see what becomes of this situation.

Re: my emotional stability. Once I was able to really see what I was doing to myself and how that was effecting everything else I did, I was able to release expectation like I was told and roll with things as they came up. I will not lie and say that was easy to do or easy to realize.

I have been moving a lot more since getting home. I have largely been resting and trying to get things in order for business to start up once I get back from Greece. I have been told by a lot of people that I do good work and that they want to support me. I am putting my faith in the universe that it will provide me with what I need to survive and support myself.

I have three trips scheduled in the next four and a half months. I'd like to add one more in there but I'm a little worried about the financial feasibility of doing so. One was a lark and a favor for a friend. Norway here I come. Or should that read, "Norway beware!"?

Love from MN.