"Opening Up" -- that is the theme I am declaring for myself in this new era.  Opening up in the sense that a flower opens itself up, easily and effortlessly, to receive warmth from the sun, nourishment from the rain, and support  and enrichment from the earth.  And also, with the same ease, allowing myself to be experienced by the world.   In 2009 I thought some stressful thoughts about giving and receiving, and I believe the effect of those thoughts was to make it feel hard to give what I have to give and to receive what there is to accept.  The cost of that has been that I've blocked myself off from some of my heart's desires, and the benefit is that, now that I'm seeing this, I have some choice and opportunity to expand in all the areas of my life in which I've been keeping myself bud-like.  Today is the perfect day to begin the new practice of blossoming.  

Details will bloom in the coming posts.