{"id":2554,"date":"2016-08-15T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2016-08-15T14:10:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T14:10:41","slug":"i-run-with-the-reindeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/i-run-with-the-reindeer\/","title":{"rendered":"I Run with the Reindeer"},"content":{"rendered":"

We return from four days at the tree farm well rested, sleeping like stones, lulled by <\/span>whip-o-will<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em> echoing calls from one side of the wooded creek bed to the other. I had not heard a whip-o-will calling til my first spring at the farm several years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Watching a trio of bats dip and spiral at dusk and coming back outdoors in the wee hours before dawn to watch for the <\/span>Perseid <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0I lean in and appreciate the land as she continues healing. I become more familiar with her sounds and activity. We are now in the sixth year of finding a rhythm. Generally we are three weeks at Wren House on tranquil Lake Smith.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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My kayak on Lake Smith at dusk under the full rising moon, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

We’re within minutes of the Chesapeake Bay to the north and the expansive ocean front beach to the east. One week each month we’re at the tree farm in Central Virginia’s Piedmont three hours to the west.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Cabin and loo at Blue Bird Gulch Tree Farm, Buckingham, Virginia, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel\u00a0deeply in love creating the art\/life trail ride during\u00a0this lake\/bay\/ocean\/Piedmont plateau chapter. My art\/life vision showing itself.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

And that brings me to our Trust focus and challenge for this moon\/month. <\/span><\/h4>\n

Trust is not a quality that can be taken for granted.<\/strong>
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\nTrust is not\u00a0given freely. <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Trust must be sought. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

We need to actively look for ways in which it is safe to Trust. We need to be explorers, detectives and sleuth out Trust in our own experience. Trust must be earned. There is no free pass. Something, some circumstance, some difficulty must be endured in such a way that we come out the other side with a new and different perspective…and then dadgummit …something else will scare or startle or hurt or disappoint and we’ll have to have the heart to endure once again…and again…<\/span><\/h4>\n

Trusting the art\/life requires an uncommon courage. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bringing heart and mind together we can\u00a0choose to concentrate on the ‘Trust Life’ skill set. This is a mighty action. This appeared on my Face Book feed this week and adds even more to the Trust option:<\/span><\/h4>\n

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The circumstances and ways in which we each come to Trust ourselves, others and life become\u00a0as individual as our cells and cellular memories. It is never useful to compare…however it is so healthy to be curious and to inquire: <\/span><\/h4>\n

What allows one of us to take the quantum leap into the next level of Trust while our neighbor seems to be holding back?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

I value the process of walking through the Natural Year applying the focus points that we use here. Yet these key qualities aren\u2019t set in stone. The twelve touchstones that are inspired by the Natural Wheel may not resonate for you…Trust that. The idea and point is to <\/span>stop madness. Cease endless spinning<\/b>. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n