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i need to stay with this.  

i need to give this moment all that it is due.  In all the Ways that inform the present moments.

I am a human being.  I am sick with a virus.  I am FULL to the brim with looking toward so much Unknown.   These things bring me to such a point of vulnerability and i cannot rely on any kind of 

power of my own.

i have no power other than to face what i understand  to be true.  and that is Fluid.  changing.

our lives are at the Mercy of What Will Be.  Mercy.  I love the word/concept Mercy.  My most loved third  generation doe Goat is named  Mercy because of the story of her first days.  Mercy.

so…yesterday,  being sick,  i steeped the tea.  I poured the boiling water into the pint jar with dry plant substance…plants.  Plants. 

Plants.

Plant Beings that grow up from the Earth.  Rise from seed and can be harvested to heal Us.

that deserves being said like a thousand times or more,   Rise from seed and can be harvested to heal Us.   Say it.  Over and Over.

I am not too much the kind of person who is into hanging out with children in a vague sort of way.  I have my own interests that often will supersede this kind of motherly or grandmotherly thing,  but

i am in this time of my life that seems in this time of this evolutionary developmental moment on this Planet,  i am feeling the NEED to Be Here.  To call attention to the Real.

I heated water to boiling.  Poured it into a pint jar with a tablespoon of dried Plants.  I watched as the colour began to change,  how the dried fragments on the surface took on moisture and began to descend.  Then the pause.  and there,  as if for me,  as if as an Answer to the vulnerability and the fear,  a 

 

bloom.  a Flower.  Calendula.  resurrected,  before my eyes,  the petals extending,  moving,  

undulating

like wings

and in such slow motion,  brought Her to the surface…her Face,  directly in my face.  Face to Face.

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23 responses to “staying a little, because it has such meaning”

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    healing words healing plants healing toughts healing love always

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  2. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    I think it would be helpful to mix “Immunity Boost” with “Breath Deep” grace. I make mine in a 5 pound honey jar using two tablespoons of IB to one of BD and let it steep overnight then drink it 3-4 times a day when ill. In between I keep it in the fridge and take it out to come to room temperature for use…http://www.takingrootvt.com/herbal-tea
    Hoping you can sleep a lot and stay warm.

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  3. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    Face to Face with an emerging Calendula, how beautiful. I hope the tea was comforting Grace. So many beautiful plants to use at our discretian.. I grow lots of herbs for diff concoctions. One of my favourites is Lemon verbena leaves mixed woth a little honey and LOTS of grated ginger (tea). The porcelain type grater that turns the ginger creamy, so you actually drink the ginger as well. Also elderberry with honey and ginger (syrup).
    Sending healing vibes through the ether to you….Marg ox

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Hoping you can rest enough to get well and also like your tea allow thoughts of your future seep and bloom beautifully. PEACE!

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  5. jude Avatar

    feel better grace.

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  6. Mo Crow Avatar

    lemon verbena is my favourite healing plant too, have planted one near the clothes line in every garden I have lived in since the early 70’s

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  7. Dana Avatar

    I have been sick too and very much appreciate the resurrection of the calendula. Something about its rejuvenation helps with mine. Thanks Grace.

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  8. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Feel better Get rest soothing tea. I went online to find the tea you are using so it is onhand just incase Glad you were prepared!

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  9. ali Avatar
    ali

    Sometimes sickness gives us a little time out to be kind to ourselves and change our perspective. Love your looking Grace.

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  10. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    A full day and night and you’re still down.
    May you be free of this soon.

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  11. Martine Bos Avatar

    Feel better soon Grace……….

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  12. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    Hope you are feeling better..and resting well.
    gentle day grace

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  13. grace Avatar

    everything we need is waiting, isn’t it….

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  14. grace Avatar

    i am thinking about mixing….not sure if that seems right
    in this moment…maybe to let the Breathe Deep be primary?

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  15. grace Avatar

    yes…elderberry with honey and ginger star anise Cinnamon and
    cloves…..syrup….YES
    i wish i’d taken the time to learn these things…but then
    others have and i am grateful that i can heal through their
    hands

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  16. grace Avatar

    everything….steeping

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  17. grace Avatar

    a moment i will never forget, Ever.

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  18. grace Avatar

    it turned out to be a really Good Thing….and i am so GLAD
    you found it. There are probably others, but i really
    believe Lani is Gifted.

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  19. grace Avatar

    the sickness, the gremlins, all Good.

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  20. grace Avatar

    took some time, but time well spent

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  21. grace Avatar

    not so good at resting…i keep moving….

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