Milestone: One Volume Complete

On June 10, 2007 I started keeping a handwritten journal to record my practice and thoughts while pursuing this path. Recording Sunday's ritual took me through the last page of the notebook.

My spiritual life has always been of deep importance to me, but I have not been this consistent -- this persistent -- in a specific path of personal spiritual practice since my existential crisis wrenched me out of Christianity during my sophomore year of college.

I started the journal with these words:

On one hand, it seems strange to begin a journal of priestessing studies with doubts -- but then again, not. I have wrestled with doubt all my adult life, and it has been a characteristic of my life of faith since the Void. I have learned not to fear doubt, but to embrace its gifts.

I go on for several paragraphs reflecting on getting to know my teacher, on how I'd ended up where I was, and then write:

I don't know if this path is going to work for me. I don't know if it's real. But I am willing to walk it until it is proven false. Having faith never yet harmed me.

This work has been exceedingly rich, and has propelled me into a place of strength and groundedness unlike anything I've known post-Void. I could not have imagined where I am now, what I have done and experienced and achieved, last June in the midst of my overwhelming grief for LM.

So thank you to my teacher, to the gods and my allies, and to all my friends here for the encouragement, affirmation, wisdom, patience, and support as I've taken my first steps on this journey.

Dear Universe. . . .

Dear Universe,

I really appreciate getting the opportunity to interview for a new job today. It's a big step toward getting out of a situation I've been unhappy with for years, and I'm excited.

However, I've noticed recently -- maybe you have too -- that I have a bunch of LJ friends who are very smart, highly skilled, ethical, and dedicated who also are very much in need of new positions. Not just "jobs" that bring in some income but career posistions in which they can make contributions commensurate with their incredible abilities and take both pleasure and satisfaction in their work.

Getting these people employed in such positions would greatly enhance not only their personal happiness and well-being, but enable them to express their gifts at a higher level, resulting in an increase in the general quality of life for all -- because they have so very much to give, and they really shouldn't be spending all their energies in survival and job hunting.

I won't mention any names here, but you know who they are.

Please give this matter your special attention over the next couple of weeks. I think you'll find that giving them the opportunities and resources they need will reduce the work you need to do yourself in the long run.

Thanks for your consideration,

QoS

Questions

I don't usually do memes on this journal, but I am informed by reliable sources (roughly half my friends list) that March Is Question Month and also The Time To Ask For Entries On Topics Usually Not Addressed.

I hope that my friends feel free to ask questions at any time -- but if you've been holding off for some reason, feel free to take this opportunity to satisfy your curiosity.

All questions will be answered. Answer posts may be filtered if content warrants. Anonymous questions accepted.

But Wait! There's More! (All You Have To Do Is Ask)

I am informed by reliable sources (roughly half my friends list) that March Is Question Month and also The Time To Ask For Entries On Topics Usually Not Addressed.

I hope that everyone who reads my journal feels free to ask questions at any time -- but if you've been holding off for some reason, please take this opportunity to satisfy your curiosity.

All questions will be answered. Answer posts may be filtered if content warrants. Anonymous questions accepted.