Letting Love work within Me

Dear Friends! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! My Christmas in Europe was wonderful, but as I said earlier, it was very different from what I had expected. I was looking forward to arriving to my snow-filled town where I could enjoy some quiet days away from the pre-Christmas bustle of this big city. I was looking forward to days of reading and long walks in the forest, and instead, I was caught in a social whirlwind stronger than I had ever had in my life; friends kept popping up from everywhere, wanting to see me, wanting to hear my stories or tell me theirs, wine, tea and coffee kept flowing, sausages and traditional Christmas cookies kept leaping out of ovens, merriment abounded, and it felt like I had a revolving door that with each spin produced a new set of friends from the past. I soon had to adjust my expectations from calm to clamour, and once I made peace with the flow of events, I opened my door and heart to others; to their love, their life, their happiness and pain. Giving myself was my gift to them this Christmas. Although at times it felt I did not have a moment to myself, and surely I felt tired and rushed, I felt good about opening my world to them. Opening up like I did and letting them into my life felt cathartic, clean, genuine and very healing. These people have known me since the beginning of time, and their acceptance of me, the way I am, is a precious gift not many have in their lives. Feeling loved and wanted with my imperfections was a very important gift to me, and now that I have received it, I am eager to give it to others, so they can also feel loved and wanted despite all their imperfections. I will let love work within me.

Today too, I am asking the cards about the energies around me today. Having shuffled my Saints and Angles, deck, I drew the Move, the Peaceful and the Speak Your Truth cards. The combination is telling me that today, I will be moving towards peace by finding the words to express my feelings, by perhaps even defending myself and my position, which at times can be difficult for me. Moving towards love and letting love work within me means not only expressing love for others, but also for me. According to the cards, an opportunity to do this will come my way sometime soon, perhaps even today. If I use it wisely, it will bring symmetry into situations that may have had me at a disadvantage for some time. Symmetry and harmony means a lot to me, and I am happy to know that I am moving towards an opportunity to invite them back into my life.