We are all on the Fool’s journey - this spiritual journey of life that we are navigating to the very best of our ability everyday can only be described as the adventure of a lifetime and we all begin it with the open-hearted curiosity, and accompanying naiveté, of the Fool. As the path unfolds before us and for us, we learn and we grow and we evolve and we change.

This is the overarching story line of our lives - from the day we are born until the day we die, this is the complete anthology - but within that story lies a series of moments and adventures and beginnings and endings that contribute unmistakably to the richness of the whole. You might think of these as the thousands of side quests that make up the entire adventure - each one it’s own Fool’s Journey.

Within each of these side quests, there is a moment when we begin again.

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We are collectively and individually at that moment now.

Perhaps you’ve been sensing it - there’s a swirl of anticipation in the air. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we are crossing the threshold between Winter and Spring so new life is emerging all around us. But I feel like there’s an undercurrent beyond and beneath the outward expression of renewal that is drawing us in and beckoning us forward into a new and more robust way of being with ourselves, one another and the world; urging us to drop the carefully curated facades of connection we have come to believe are necessary and embrace the messiness of really and truly being ourselves.

One more Fool’s Journey within the broader journey of our lives that we are invited to embark upon right now - because being ourselves out loud means knowing ourselves fully, intimately and honestly within. That (re)discovery process demands the open-hearted curiosity of the Fool and the accompanying willingness to risk being perceived as naive and even outlandish, strange or ridiculous in the pursuit of deep knowing of our authentic self.

The beauty is that we don’t have to have it all figured out to take the first step on this journey - we simply have to lock arms with the Fool within and start moving together.

What might that look like?

🎨 Picking back up a hobby that we used to love but set aside while the kids were little, the job was demanding, the to-do list was long.

🎧 Revisiting some of the music we used to love listening to but stopped for some reason that we don’t really remember.

✏️ Practicing listening to ourselves more closely with a daily journalling session, oracle card pull, or scrying practice.

🕊️ Prioritizing being a peaceful presence with ourselves, in our lives and in the world with meditation, yoga, reading sacred texts or other deeply contemplative practices.

😊 Following the impulse to laugh out loud, enjoy a moment of sunshine on your face, dance around the kitchen or sit quietly on a ben chair in the park.

It doesn't have to be complicated. There is no wrong way to begin again.

There is no wrong way to embrace a new beginning that is whispering your name.

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I recently set out on a new adventure for myself: in February, I became a full time student in an online BA program studying Ayurveda, Integrative Wellness and Coaching. This marks an interesting new beginning for me that I am embracing with the open heart and curiosity of the Fool within.

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​Where are you being invited to take that first step forward into the new beginning the Fool within you offers? Look to the place - within you or in your life - where you are feeling like something has to change, like there must be a more fulfilling, more collaborative, more whole-hearted way, like the patterns you’ve been walking out no longer make any sense, like something interesting lies just around the corner that you can't quite see or make sense of yet.

Your Fool awaits you there - take her hand and let her show you the way.

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It is said that “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" (from the Tao Te Ching and attributed to Lao Tzu).

And so it is with the our journey with the Fool - it begins with one step, an open and curious heart and a willingness to begin again.

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Sending you Love,

Tawnia

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