I needed some powerful thoughts...

Dear friends,

I needed some powerful thoughts so I decided to write you.

It's been a long year. I've found it to be rather stagnant although I've mostly felt comfortable and satisfied. Oddly enough the tarot card which explains the challenges for my 25th year (July 20, 2001 to July 20, 2002), (this is NOT necessarily YOUR past year's tarot card), was the Hanged Man. The Hanged Man is dually associated with stasis (hanging in place) and with alternative perspectives (upside down). Both of which I have spent plenty of time pondering the last 12 months.

My 26th birthday is coming up in just a week and the tarot card associated with my 26th year (July 20, 2002 to July 20, 2003) is the Death card. Now, for those of you who are freaking out right now or are thinking (oh great, amy thinks she's gonna die), that is NOT what the Death card primarily signifies. The Death card in tarot is about change, renewal, rebirth, regeneration, life, transformation, etc. It is such a powerful and amazing card. I am excited to begin my 26th year, anxious with anticipation, and I also feel like I am at the beginning of a very meaningful journey.

In the last couple weeks things have started to pick up and are booming forward at a dizzying pace. I am concerned about the emotional/mental/physical safety, nourishment and happiness of my sister, brother and mom. I am hopeful about a very special cousin's future. I am in love with nature and the world. I am desire to allow my body to achieve it's ultimate level of health by removing all of the mental, emotional and physical blocks that have been building up around and within in for 26 years. And I am just as eager to continue learning and exploring my creativity and pushing my physical boundaries (I've been working out routinely for nearly a year).

I feel like I'm at the beginning of a path with several sets of crossroads coming up. There are decisions at every turn, and each leads to another. I have no idea where I'm headed, but right this second I am choosing to trust the Universe to lead me in the direction I need to go. And I am choosing to trust myself to allow myself to grow and suceed. That's all I need to do. It's that easy.

Thanks for listening :)

~ Amy

"I am worth loving. I do not have to earn love. I am lovable because I exist. Others reflect the love I have for myself."

~Louise L. Hay (from her Power Thought cards)