New Beginnings in 2022: Return to Self

Hello, Spring!! Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. And thank you!! Gracias (Spanish). Sulpayki (Quechua). Spasiba (Russian). Dyakuyu (Ukrainian).

Like many in Northern Hemisphere, I’m very grateful Spring is here! The NEW creative energies are feeling good to me after a long hiatus from making and sharing public-facing content.

I’ve stayed away from social media and most things that compel me to speak or demand my perspective because it’s felt necessary to my health and for my spirit to just shut the F*** up for a while.

There have been moments when I’ve been tempted to come out of my self-imposed, in-plain sight hiding spot, but the timing never felt quite right or I didn't feel quite ready. I figured out that being out and about offering up insights about our now realities wasn't going yield the results I wanted; not in the state I was in.

Even though I have plenty to say and have the ire to fuel my fire, I also know words matter. Language has the power to inspire, but it can also be a destructive force. And the past year, I've felt too hurt, too angry, and too sad for anything good or useful to come out of me. That's why I decided that silence was the key and waiting out the melancholy was how it had to be.

You see, the state of the world concerns me and what happens around me affects me a whole lot. I have strong reactions to what I see, hear, and experience and managing my many emotions isn't always easy. I'm both political and spiritual (among other things), but reconciling these two aspects of my being takes a lot of work, especially in trying times like these.

Also, sharing parts of me and what it’s like to be me in this world/our world/my world has often felt and sometimes proves to be uncomfortable, unwise, and/or unsafe. I know this experience is not unique to me and that many of you can relate; it's partly why I've decided to blog. I can't hide forever and sharing is caring; right?

Truth be told, the #AtoZChallenge is exactly what I need to help catapult me forward into new beginnings and find my way back to my divine self.

For me, this will be a public exercise in self-reflection and self-love in an effort to connect with humanity and express my divinity. It feels necessary to my spirit and for my health to share my gift of resonance here and now.

Be aware that I'm working on adjusting the lens with which I see all things. My intention is to apply the potent filter of LOVE to my observations and share my take as I react to whatever comes my way this 2022 - the year of dualities.

Please join me as I listen to my heart, lend it my voice, and help it heal!

Listen: Return to Innocence - Enigma

Read: #TransDayofVisibility2022