Please be welcome to this week’s Earth Send.
Today will be another day of self-repair for me — I have been fighting with a stubborn infection, a lot of coughing, headache, bone and muscle pain. Some symptoms are manageable by now; others still have to come down. I am not putting out a substantial essay today.
Connect with your gratitude about everything that is going well for you, that you are in the process of developing better self-care habits, that blessings have made their way to you… and stick with the routine of putting a date to your ideas, aims and visualizations.
It has been an uncommonly eventful and busy year for me, and things are only picking up, I believe, that I am thinking about an alternative to invitations — a protocol with a land acknowledgement, easy-to-integrate self-care practices, a self-quiz about your recent manifestations and topics that are useful for any Friday of the year and that I update periodically or seasonally and whenever there are wonderful recipes for a beautiful life to share. I will come up with something sustainable before the end of December. I am holding a healing circle on every Friday, regardless of how busy, demanding or exciting the rest of my week turns out, I keep Friday for our Earth Send.
May your day go well. May your weekend be restorative and marvelous. It is a long weekend to us in North America. Happy Labour Day on Monday.
Reiki goes out to all requests. (And in my case, to my throat and body). Love and admiration go out to mother Earth. Light goes out to all who are ready to receive it.
If you have children or grandchildren returning to school soon, may they learn easily, safely and fully. Ontario has banned cell phones in classrooms. The ban goes into effect once the school year starts. (Next week, in most cases.) It is one of the sanest decisions of the last years. I can only hope that some parents will not fight this rule. Maybe it seems drastic, but we want learners and not utterly distracted or addicted-to-devices young people. Not staring at their phones in the morning hours can encourage socializing and being present. I am all for it.
My son, who is in uni now, pointed out to me years ago that “internet addiction is real” and that he was concerned about his friends spending so much time in front of the screen. Addiction sounded like a strong word to me, then; but I have come around to see it as addictive, a neuropsychiatric pitfall and a development inhibitor indeed. The more we learn about it, the less harmless it looks. Some boundaries around use are sensible.
Until soon. I will join the Earth Send in less than 30 min.
In gassho. I humbly receive.
30 August 2024
Nanda Jurela 