you shall go to the Ball...

In the story of Cinderella all her dreams come true, because her fairy godmother makes it happen.  Unfortunately that doesn't happen in real life, not that I know of anyway!

Are you the person you want to be?  Are you living the life you want?

Each and every one of us probably has some kind of dream or goal in life - but sitting around waiting for it to happen is not going to work, not in my experience anyway.

I do consider myself blessed with my husband, children, family and life in general - but has it all been handed to me on a plate?  Most definitely not.

In the past I have been met with jealousy from some people because I work from home, because I have a good marriage, lovely hubby, well behaved children etc.  But all these things I have worked hard for.  I have also met people that believe their situation in life is the fault of everyone else except themselves.  I am not saying that sometimes life doesn't throw rotten eggs at you - it happens, of course it does.  But ultimately it is up to each person to stop, take stock, make a plan and move forward from it.  And yes I know that is not always easy to do, believe me I know!

A good marriage takes effort and work, OK it does help if you are actually married to the right person of course, and no I didn't get it right the first time ;-)  But a marriage takes effort, good communication, give and take, and work to make it happen.

I am very proud of my children, they are well behaved and they have both done exceptionally well at school this year.  Did this happen by magic? No, it certainly did not.  It has taken a lot of work and effort on the part of hubby and me and our parents to teach them manners, morals and good behaviour.  Of course they are children and they certainly have their moments, they wouldn't be children otherwise, but they know how to behave and they know what is expected of them.  Sometimes I feel like a nag but it is worth it in the long run!

Yes, I am extremely blessed to be able to now work from home, but I haven't always done so, up until four years ago I worked in an office, five days a week, and I worked hard.  All that hard work has led me to the position I am in now.

I love my home and my garden, we have lovely things in both and I work to keep it tidy and clean.  Again, we have worked hard to buy it, decorate it and maintain it and we are still paying the mortgage on it LOL! 

In my spiritual life recently I was honoured to become a High Priestess - was this luck?  I am of course very humbled by the appointment, but looking at it objectively - I have studied the craft for twelve years now, I worked as a solitary initially, I studied with the Correllian Tradition for a year and a half, and then I studied with Sacred Mists for seven years, along with the outside studies I took upon myself - all hard work (OK it was enjoyable and interesting too!) but it has led me to where I am today.

I guess what I am really saying is if you have a goal in life - don't just sit back and wait for it to happen, because likely it won't, get up and go for it.  If you aren't happy with your situation see if there is something you can do about it - I know sometimes it can look like there isn't anything you can do but give it a try - what is the worst thing that can happen?

You are in charge of your own destiny...don't wait for the fairy godmother because she is probably busy elsewhere!

Tansy
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What's been happening?

Well quite a lot has happened recently and I have neglected my personal blog. 

Two very exciting events - one has been the total honour of being made High Priestess of the Dorset Grove the other is the launch of the Kitchen Witch forum.

The Kitchen Witch forum has been several months in the making initially myself and Blaiddwolf setting it up and loading up all the information from our own Book of Shadows, then Pan coming on board with all his druidry information, then a few weeks before launch some of our other lovely friends came on board - huge thanks to Thunder, Foxy, Sky, Wiccan, Sunchylde and Natures Child for all your help, input and support.  And a thank you to Pete for all his artistic & design assistance.  It is our hope that the forum will become a community where everyone learns alongside each other.

And then the role of High Priestess..well what can I say?  Exciting, honoured, nervous and a whole other heap of emotions.   I was asked by Foxy at the Litha ritual to join him in leading it and it was amazing.  Such a feeling of connectiveness to the land, to the circle, to deity.  I have done a lot of research into the role of High Priestess and it does seem to be a bit sketchy.  I haven't found a lot of history about the actual details.  However, I shall do my utmost to live up to the title and fulfill the role whatever it turns out to be, to the best of my ability!  To be part of a ritual led by either Foxy or Pan and myself just seems to give that balance - the balance of male and female, seems to work perfectly.

I do firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, about twelve years ago when I first started on this path I had no idea where it would lead me.  I studied initially as a solitary for about 2 1/2 years, then studied with the Correllian Tradition for 1 1/2 years then 7 years with Sacred Mists.  Now I am a solitary hedge/kitchen witch following my path in various directions, and I have also been studying druidry with OBOD for the past six months which I am loving and it seems to work so well with traditional witchcraft.  All of these things have led me to meet the lovely friends that I have and to arrive at this point in my life.

I am blessed, I have an amazing husband, two very wonderful children, the best parents and the best friends.   I have a lovely home and a good job - I could do with a bit more money to cover everything but then who doesn't??  On the whole I am a very lucky witch.

Tansy
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Cloud Scrying

For the past few nights just before I go to sleep I have laid on the bed and looked out of the window and watched the sky.    It has been quite cloudy in the evenings here for the past few days, I have just laid and relaxed and let my mind wander to see what shapes I can see in the clouds.  

To start cloud scrying, make yourself comfortable, you might be able to lie down on the top of a hill, or in an open field, or you could be lying on your bed as I did and looking out the window at the sky,  then just let your mind empty and first of all just watch the clouds.  Then if you have a question let it form gently in your mind, then just watch and see what signs or symbols you notice in the clouds.  Don't hurry it or rush it - the answers will come.

Note down the images you see and think on them, they may make perfect sense straight away, they may take some thinking or meditating on or if it was say, an animal you saw you may need to look up the properties of that animal for it to make sense.

Even if you don't want to read the clouds for signs and shapes or ask questions of them, it is an extremely relaxing way to spend some time.

Tansy
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