Trust and beauty

After a morning fraught with annoyance, I grabbed the closest thing to me as a tool to escape Anguish's embrace.  It was the Fairy Bible by Teresa Moorey, I intentionally it left out to remind me to look up fairies that help in the realm of gardening and rearing caterpillars/butterflies.

A few Monarch butterflies from the batch I rear

I always get excited at this stage, knowing it will be flying the next day!

A bouquet of soon-to-be Monarch butterflies

My fingers stopped on the page about my Gemini air sign.  My eyes drank in the fable about a fairy named Vila.  Ultimately, it was about keeping one's word.  "Air is the Element that best symbolizes clarity, purity and trust.  If a promise is broken, that trust may be gone for ever.  Fairies abhor beaches of trust, and none more so than the Vila.  This story also symbolizes the deep betrayal of the land of our own inner natures when we turn away from the bond we have nature ... "  Poignant.  However, my search for fairies that help with butterflies continues.

Laura came up to see my butterfly garden yesterday.  During her visit, she helped inspire renewed interest in implementing daily rituals.   I am excited!  It may be just what I need to feel more grounded and sure-footed in the wake of such overwhelming and chaotic years. 

Two daily rituals I aspire to implement are journaling and engaging with Earthly elements.  I take comfort in returning to once familiar and well-loved activities.  


I tried handwriting a journal entry, but several, difficult pens later, I find myself back in this digital haven.  This seems to be the mode of least resistance in the way of enabling me to remain constant.

I also decided to pull a daily Oracle card.  Although today, I pulled two.  One from the Butterfly deck: Parental Care (about reversing roles with your parents); and one from the Faerie (surprise) deck: Express your Individuality (I construed as staying my ground as far as what makes me, well, ME.

In the new book I bought, "Soul Searcher's Handbook" by Emma Mildon,  I did a quiz within that said I was a Bohemian.  "... You are party is about seeing the beauty in all things, all experiences, and all people -- you always see the bright side, come out smelling roses, and have a natural glow that attracts others to you ..." This is consistent with my email address "lookforbeauty@..."

I trust in beauty.