Capes. Masks. Crowns. Wands.

Capes. Masks. Crowns. Wands. Halloween costumes are filling stores. I love dressing up, the chance to become someone new, different. To push limiting thoughts. Think expansively. Creatively. Of course, I can wear wings. Or carry a lightsaber. Or paint my face green. The possibilities are endless.

And here’s what I want to offer us today. The same is true for how we share our own, unique beautiful light and gifts in the world. The more I understand about being human, the more I believe we often limit ourselves the most. We can become someone new.

Why not put on wings? Or carry a wand? Wear a crown and feel our true nobility?

The more we can see our lives as heroic, the better. We are each called, specifically, lovingly, to fight the good fight to bring light, to share our gifts, to be brave, again and again. To offer hope and healing, to others, to ourselves. To fight for what is good and beautiful, in our own unique way.

Today, I am encouraging myself to keep taking actions to change myself in small, wholesome and courageous ways. I have a daily motto written on a notecard in my kitchen and I say it out loud each morning:

I’m learning, growing and grateful.

These words helps me embrace getting curious, being bad at something, taking baby steps, trying something news, being brave and stopping to celebrate tiny wins and grace moments that happen along the way.

A fun question to ask is what costume do I secretly want to wear? What would be really fun? How do I dress as the hero or heroine of an animated movie? What are my super powers?

I invite you to have fun with these questions. Be bold! Be honest!

And now for ~

Wild FloweRebellion News:

On the subject of dressing up…  MissyAnn shared with me that she has grown a bit older and would like to update her wardrobe. She wants earrings, pink ballet slippers, a green shawl with matching armbands and maybe green tights but she might decide on pink.

When Butter, our beloved caterpillar, heard about MissyAnn’s new clothes, she said she was ready for a change too. The trouble is, I took out all my colorful pencils, offered lots of options and Butter can’t decide. She loves colors! For now, Butter wants to wear yellow, black and white stripes.

But Butter’s big problem is that she had a dream where she saw herself wearing enormous, powerful and beautiful orange and black wings! Butter confided that she loves accessorizing and asked for an orange headband and orange high tops with black shoelaces to remind her of her dream. Right now she’s also wearing an orange tutu, but she might ditch the skirt.

Wishing you Peace & Joy,

Kathleen