I am going to be celebrating today! Big Splashy celebration to welcome 2015. I won’t be at a party or anything like that, but I will celebrate in my own little way. Last year I spent New Years Day euthanizing my 14 year old German Shepherd mix. The day before we had to have our 30 year old horse euthanized. The year pretty much continued in that vein. By the end of 2014 we had lost 9 animals to old age. I work with a wolf-dog sanctuary and environmental humane education organization and we have a lot of elderly animals.
It was a year of death, family illnesses, and my first ever car accidents. (Yep, notice the plural.) As I started reviewing the year I realized that I accomplished nothing. Nothing might be a bit of a stretch, I started to accomplish some things spiritually and I really started to green up my life more so I was walking my talk. But as far as big picture stuff, the things that I want to accomplish, the things I need to do (or at least think I need to do,) to send my life in the direction that I’d like for it to go, not a thing.
But despite my total lack of a Pollyanna attitude I do believe that there is an upside to that. I have really started to get my ass in gear. I don’t ever want to look around and realize that I have wasted an entire year again. So I guess if it keeps me on track then the year wasn’t a total waste.
I have been bouncing back and forth for almost a year about how I wanted to set this blog up, did I want to make it a green living blog, or a kind of practical witchy blog. So I’ve decided to do both. Burning herbs and using affirmations are easy, but so many, (myself included) skip the practical mundane steps that actually take work. So I’m going to share the practical and the witchy steps I take to manifest the life that I want. I’ll share what works for me and what doesn’t. As well as my tips for green living, because paganism is a very earthy religion and we can all make simple steps towards making our planet a healthier place to live.