{"id":2872,"date":"2017-02-03T22:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2017-02-03T22:56:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:56:41","slug":"travel-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/travel-deep\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Welcome to the art\/life trail. How grand and adventurous to be traveling deep inward during this quieting half of the year. I know. I know. The surface of the water is stirred up into a maelstrom.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2887 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/maelstrom.jpg?resize=259%2C194\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"vk_ans\"><span data-dobid=\"hdw\">mael\u00b7strom<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_ent_ph\"><span class=\"lr_dct_ph\">\u02c8m\u0101l\u02ccstr\u00e4m,\u02c8m\u0101l\u02ccstr\u0259m\/<\/span><span class=\"lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off\" title=\"Listen\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQlfQBCCAwAA\"><input height=\"14\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABwAAAAcCAQAAADYBBcfAAABN0lEQVR4AZ3UT4vNYRwF8M+dieS3uNtb7r1lKZPNTNlMWY13gDeBrih7L2A2yka2ItlZYWGrjBJF+VdYjEJTFsI1x9qTX\/Ptfp716dmc71m2tzfGPvmibAaI+OOmiZLTdgERETtO2dMJPwVwzHVzEbsu64cVOyIAWPNCRJzVa+yjNEGGHoj4bd1\/DT2XNgg6WyJeO6Blv0fSE2Tqu4iZxsBtaYPuOQTgkogPlgGATWmDiG1HAZ1vIjZI\/wNEvNMBronYXFJz2HnAQ3C8+mM8BUxEbA9EvwEI+OEg2OcX5ksWVA++AozA13rwDmANvK0G37sK2ACPawX4bKUpwMlK5e4aAbjYVG6xktfP6klzVqVD7twXMbdenw5WPRMR5+pjtepG\/1jV5vGMkgv\/DPItU3XgpSuOaPwFsUTQA47vSZQAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" type=\"image\" width=\"14\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_h\"><i>noun<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"xpdxpnd vk_gy\" data-mh=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<ol class=\"lr_dct_sf_sens\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_sen vk_txt\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_Jig\">\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\">a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<table class=\"vk_tbl vk_gy\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lr_dct_nyms_ttl\">synonyms:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+whirlpool&amp;forcedict=whirlpool&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIIjAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIIjAA\">whirlpool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+vortex&amp;forcedict=vortex&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIIzAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIIzAA\">vortex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+eddy&amp;forcedict=eddy&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIJDAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIJDAA\">eddy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+swirl&amp;forcedict=swirl&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIJTAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIJTAA\">swirl<\/a>;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><i>literary<\/i>Charybdis<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">&#8220;a maelstrom in the sea&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"vmod\">\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_subsen\">\n<div class=\"_Jig\">\n<div data-dobid=\"dfn\">a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil.<\/div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">&#8220;the train station was <b>a maelstrom of<\/b> crowds&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"vmod\">\n<table class=\"vk_tbl vk_gy\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"lr_dct_nyms_ttl\">synonyms:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+turbulence&amp;forcedict=turbulence&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKDAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKDAA\">turbulence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+tumult&amp;forcedict=tumult&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKTAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKTAA\">tumult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+turmoil&amp;forcedict=turmoil&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKjAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKjAA\">turmoil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+disorder&amp;forcedict=disorder&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKzAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIKzAA\">disorder<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+disarray&amp;forcedict=disarray&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILDAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILDAA\">disarray<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+chaos&amp;forcedict=chaos&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILTAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILTAA\">chaos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+confusion&amp;forcedict=confusion&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILjAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILjAA\">confusion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+upheaval&amp;forcedict=upheaval&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILzAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoILzAA\">upheaval<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+pandemonium&amp;forcedict=pandemonium&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMDAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMDAA\">pandemonium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+bedlam&amp;forcedict=bedlam&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMTAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMTAA\">bedlam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS664US666&amp;q=define+whirlwind&amp;forcedict=whirlwind&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMjAA\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwj7kIK6qfTRAhVHzoMKHVfMAFMQ_SoIMjAA\">whirlwind<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"vk_gy\">&#8220;the maelstrom of war&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lr_dct_sf_subsen\">\n<div class=\"_Jig\">\n<h4 class=\"vmod\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Good\u00a0reason to seek balance deep within.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"vmod\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2875 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/family-tree.jpg?resize=427%2C560\" width=\"427\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/family-tree.jpg?w=427&amp;ssl=1 427w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/family-tree.jpg?resize=229%2C300&amp;ssl=1 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Family Tree, Drozda, Acrylic\/board, 36 x 28&#8243;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">February Seed Idea: Renewal: this moon\/month is guided by the concept of renunciation and regeneration. Garbage in, garbage out. Composting is advisable, whether the refuse\u00a0be thoughtforms or habit patterns. This month metaphorically dig under the surface and turn over the soil. Prepare the inner ground to accept your creative seed vision.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\"> \u201cWhen the Mother seats herself in the heart then everything, be it stained or stainless, becomes but an ornament for Her lotus feet\u2026 She lives in the bodies of all living creatures wherein She is present in the form of energy\u2026 There is no place where She is not.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kUi7ag\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Sir John Woodruffe: Sakti and Sakta<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Feb. 2 marks one of four crossquarter days. <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\"><strong>We are now\u00a0midpoint between winter solstice and spring equinox<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Daylight and day length are increasing.\u00a0Celebrate your ability to lighten up your attitude. Celebrate the journey&#8230;challenges and all.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">In seven weeks we return to the topside world. Until then there is much happening below the surface as we replenish our creative stores prior to resurfacing. Pause to honor our feminine ancestors. In a contemporary update of the traditional crossquarter ceremony called <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#inbox\/159fa78056a24922\">Candlemas<\/a><\/span> we wear white, bring white flowers to a table aglow with burning white candles and gaze into a hand mirror sensing the ancestral connection that brought us to this place and to this very moment in time. Each generation has their work cut out for them.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u201c<i>The number of women who are now approaching the fully conscious state already exceeds that of men and will be growing even faster in the years to come.<br \/>\nMen may catch up with them in the end, but for some considerable time there will be a gap between the consciousness of men and that of women.<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><i>Women are regaining the function that is their birthright: to be a bridge between the manifested world and the Unmanifested, between physicality and spirit.<br \/>\nYour main task as a woman now is to transmute the pain-body so that it no longer comes between you and your true self, the essence of who you are<\/i>.\u201d<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eckhart_Tolle\">Eckhart Tolle<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2882\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-red-room.jpg?resize=279%2C400\" width=\"279\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-red-room.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-red-room.jpg?resize=768%2C1103&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-red-room.jpg?resize=713%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/the-red-room.jpg?w=778&amp;ssl=1 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #808000;\">Snake Medicine, Drozda, Acrylic\/canvas, 48 x36&#8243;, 1998, Private Collection<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Transmuting the pain body requires real dedication and focus, there is a lot of falling down and getting up involved. \u00a0Yet during this six month &#8216;below ground&#8217; period spanning from October to April much intuitive and instinctive guidance waits in the wings to be consciously called forth.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the two poems from my book <\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/care-givers-book\/\">Twenty Two Prayer Poems for Care Givers<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support our inner journey this week\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Dying to Be Born<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">I am not a body, I am free, for I am still as God created me.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Course_in_Miracles\">ACIM<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Dearest Old Friend,<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wonder why the idea of death of this body<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frightens me. I feel so uncomfortable<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With myself when I consider how I will take leave.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally the body breaks down and eventually<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is no more.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally we cannot retain a physical existence forever.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally everything is dying from the moment it is born.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet I live is this fantasy realm where I deny<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cause and effect, where I act as if I will never \u2018run out\u2019.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I ask to look at my world as though it is<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last day.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I am willing to open my heart mind<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To my own passing.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I walk about and come into contact with others today<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ask to welcome each exchange as though it was a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simultaneous first and last ever visit.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naturally I require assistance to face death of any kind.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I am willing to invest my attention in noticing<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fragile \u00a0nature of us all in the physical world.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I open to receive this awareness<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I expand my heart to touch those who suffer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loss \u00a0\u00a0and feel unspeakable anguish.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help me to be free of my body thoughts today<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make me available to meet those<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That You place on the path before me.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give me a soft soft soft as a baby heart.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I pray today for whatever You send me<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I ask to learn today of the beauty of being free.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free free free of attachment to the physical.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amen<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2806\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/passingofthedream.jpg?resize=400%2C291\" width=\"400\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/passingofthedream.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/passingofthedream.jpg?resize=768%2C558&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/passingofthedream.jpg?resize=1024%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/passingofthedream.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #808000;\">Passing of the Dream, Drozda, Acrylic\/board, 10 x 14&#8243;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000; font-size: 28px;\">Waiting<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993366;\">It takes great learning to realize that everything is helpful.<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Course_in_Miracles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993366; font-size: 14px;\">ACIM<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Dear One,<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps You can feel my raw state today.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am asking that I be released.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I do not know the thing I am.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know where I am.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know how to look upon the world.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know how to look upon myself.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can feel such a deeply rooted fear of living and dying.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel squirmy and unbalanced.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I feel uncomfortable and confused.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I need help.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">I am able to remember that You have taught me<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That You will live with me<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And You will teach with me if I will think with You.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I am on my knees. I am surrendering all that I am.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am surrendering all that I have to You.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">I am willing to lean into You loving and gentle arms.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teach me to heal.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teach me to be whole.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direct me today.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me know where You would have me go, what You would have me say<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">And to whom.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">I am aware that this raw state is also a place<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Where I can find You and where I can<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Trust that You will guide safely through.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I make this rite of passage today<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I dedicate each Holy Instant to You.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #808000;\">Amen<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">I invite you to leave a comment below&#8230;don&#8217;t be shy&#8230;we&#8217;re in this together. 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