Open and surrender. Live in love and in truth. Use my voice. 
Commit to beauty. Dance freely. Be love. 

Fill myself. Breathe deeply. 
My breath, the wave I ride to the depths I seek. 
Deep dive. Be true. Listen, then follow. Eyes wide open. 

Begin with opening the heart, she says. 
Make friends with truth, authenticity, beauty.

Then
Connect with circles of women, waiting, 
healing, with presence. 
Listening. 
Sitting with what is. No need to change. You are perfect as you are. 
Acceptance
the most radical expression of love. 
{Spoken by friends easily, casually, teaching; 
me, catching truths as they fly through the air, effortlessly}. 

Start at the beginning, she says.
Where we all begin again and again, 
when everything important falls away. 
And we are left
naked
with the task of piecing ourselves back together. 
A chance to remember {re-member} ourselves in a meaningful
way. A way that makes this life worthy of our choosing.  

And this, dear friends, is our initiation, our path
home to our True Self.
My truth
Revealed. 
Unmasked. 

Change is in the air! Many members of my community are birthing new things, from babies to projects to new family structures. The energy feels full of possibility. Old identities and roles are melting away and new ways of being are emerging.

Transition is a powerful time - it's the pregnant pause between letting go of one role and stepping into something new. If given attention and space, transitions can be full of magic and possibility. There's often an impulse to rush through transitions -