Vices - Resound11 Prompt 02

Hmmmm.... In my world vices are shadow aspects manifesting themselves in physical form. I would have to say my vice is food.  I have noticed this year that I have been reaching for my comfort foods more and more and yes my weight has increased because of it.  Luckily I am tall and it isn't completely out of control, yet.


My favorite of course is dark chocolate, next would be pasta, ice cream, nuts, wasabi peas (oh soooo good), my cooking, soups, bread, juice, fruit, vegies, okay so I love food.

Other vices/shadow aspects would be a bit of an obsession with Facebook. Love when I post something that gets noticed, but then who doesn't.

I actually have a bit of an obsessive personality, I can be like a dog with a bone when I am working on a project.

I know that I have lots of shadow running through my life but not all of them are technically vices.

I guess that about sums it up.  I have never liked drugs (always thought I would be the one to have my heart just up and stop, plus I really like to be in control and I value my brain), never been much of a drinker (I had stomach issues as a child and when I saw my friends drinking and puking I thought heck no, no way), I love sex as much as the next person but it hasn't ever been something that I medicated myself with.  So yeah, that is it for me.

What have you had trouble with this year?

Blessings,
Morgan Dragonwillow

P.S. I have been doing a lot of writing and I did something different today that I want to share. I am going to call it musical writing. I threw in a huge mix of music in my media player, shuffled them and began to listen as I wrote.  I then thought how I wasn't getting much exercise because of all the writing. I decided when a fast song came on that was making me move a little to it, to stand up and dance, move and shake for the whole song. I then sat back down and continued writing. So instead of Musical Chairs, you have Musical Writing. :D Let me know if you try it and how it works for you.

Abundance is My Word For 2011-Resound11 Prompt 01

I would have to sum up this year with the word abundance. I have felt so much abundance in my creativity, my home, and my family. I have found an abundance in wonderful finds at the second had store. I have had an abundance in color in my life, beautiful days, hugs from my granddaughter, good health, another grandbaby on the way.


When I have felt in need of just about anything this year, creating abundance has flowed through my life. Yes I am most grateful for attracting abundance that has given me all that I need and more.

Blessings,
Morgan Dragonwillow

Life as Art - Relish11.2

Creativity is one of my favorite subjects. Thinking of Life as Art brings to mind the intentionality of my life and sometimes the lack of it.  For me this past year has been about choice, choosing how I spend my time, who I spend it with, and most of all what I choose to create. Creating art in all forms is very important to me. Creating a life as art has my mind wondering what potential for living intentionally have I missed.


It is amazingly easy to slip back into sleep walking then suddenly waking and wondering where the time went. As I look back over the last eleven months, it has me wondering how much was intentional and how much was sleep walking.

Now, I am trying to stay as non-judgemental as possible toward myself. It won't do me or anyone else any good to beat myself up. I am looking at it as an observer would for purposes of a discovery journey.

Life as art...

I have definitely been more creative in the last eleven months than in any other year but how much have I been awake? Well I know that when I am creating I am definitely living in the moment.

Introspection without judgement can be difficult, it certainly seems to be for me.  It is like trying to clean a wound without causing pain, you can minimize the damage but you can't escape the discomfort.

I have painted my life with more color, in what I wear, within my home, and in my art. I have created vibrantly bold art but I am left wondering what have I done within my life that is truly bold.

Ahhh yes... This website and sharing all of my creations, encouraging others to create for their own healing, speaking out on what I feel strongly about, learning to love myself more as I emanate that love out into my community. I am far from perfect, far from living a fully intentional life as art, but I can see how it is all coming together. I can see how I can improve and take more actions to live a bold and juicy life filled with love and compassion.

Life as art... I am enjoying all the possibilities of painting my own landscape that is my life.

What in your life can you shed light upon, wake up to, and live more intentionally? How much more would you enjoy every moment if you created your life as art?

Blessings,
Morgan Dragonwillow

Digging in the Shadows to Find the Gold

Previously Posted on Dragonwillow Journeys.

I am mining in the darkness to uncover/discover the gold within the shadow today. Some may say, "What the heck does that mean?" well it means I am looking at what isn't said, what people hold back, what has been suppressed. I am working with Shadow to discover what I have suppressed good, bad or indifferent.  It is really dancing with Shadow. Moving in and out, sometimes baby steps and sometimes giant leaps.


My voice was suppressed as a child. Somewhere along the way I regained it but as a child I was afraid to speak. I was afraid of many things; getting in trouble, looking stupid, what was in the dark, what was under my bed, what may peer back at me through my window at night, the kids at school, and I was afraid I would always be sad.

Here I am 35 to 40 years later asking where is the gold within those experiences? Where is the gold in the sadness? Where is the gold of being afraid? Or where is the gold that was suppressed because I was afraid?

It is in the music I play with my native flute. It is in my drawings that are becoming more wild and bold. It is in my writing that will not be suppressed. It is in my voice for I will never be silent again. It is the juiciness that I discover every single day that I am willing to look into those dark places to see what I have forgotten that I used to love, that I used to be good at, that I used to dream of. It is the creativity of a life well lived with authentic purpose.

Delve deep. Discover/uncover for yourself what is waiting in the shadows. It isn't all darkness. There is gold to be found. There is your authentic soul to be remembered.

Blessings,
Morgan Dragonwillow

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Love to Write - Relish11

I truly love to write, though I can procrastinate to no end, that is one reason I am glad I have signed up for a wonderful challenge Relish11. Every day for the next 30 days she (Rebecca Murphy) will be posting prompts for Blog Writer's that have signed up for this challenge.
If you want to know more I highly recommend you work your way over to her website Relish Life.

Today's prompt, to remember a day from the past eleven months. Hmmmm... It has been an interesting year and when I think of it my mind wanders to January. Up until then I had the wrong date for my Astrology chart.

Now for most people that wouldn't be a problem but I had delved deeply into my astrology to learn all that I could about myself and my life purpose.

It was off by less than an hour. It changed quite a bit. Everything I thought I knew about myself wasn't quite right.

In January I had my correct chart read by Anyaa McAndrew with Shamanic Astrology. Anyone who really knows me knows I love Shamanic Astrology because it tells you where you are coming from, where you are going, and what you need to do to get there.

Wow, as I listened to Anyaa, so many things began to fall into place. Pluto is square every angle of my chart. Ahhh yes, I am sooo familiar with the underworld which Pluto represents. Shadow plays over my chart beckoning me to look at everything deeper, and deeper still.

Chills run up and down my spine as I listen further. I strongly believe that we make a contract before we come into this life and my chart shows that I set up quite a difficult path for myself. Not impossible just difficult.

My heart races as I realize how I can make shadow my friend, that the underworld is an important place and doesn't have to be the enemy or a place to dread.

The possibilities begin to form in my mind, how I can dance with shadow to help myself and others. As I hung up the phone with Anyaa, I knew my road was still long but I could see the light.


Blessings,
Morgan Dragonwillow