What Did You Learn In 2018?
Q: What Did You Learn In 2018?
A: It is through the illuminating sun in Capricorn, glowing in full glory upon the canvas of the Cancer moon, that I am able to look back in review with the clarity and discernment of a Saturnian gaze. This year has taught me that: love does exist and even thrives despite hatred, betrayal is inevitable medicine, boundaries are a virtue, speaking up and silence are both strengths, patience is still a virtue, the choices we make are ours alone and, if we choose wisely, they are gold within our hearts. I learned that amidst chaos I can lean into my values and thrive while undergoing immense internal stresses in the face of temptation. And perhaps the greatest gift has been collaboration as an artform.
I could be as independent as they come and yet community is the wellspring of my greatest joy. While embarking onto the life-path of entrepreneurship, it has been an incredible learning experience, both formative and curative in all senses of personal development. Sharing the very process of becoming who I am through mirroring my teams becoming of who they are has been more than profound in every way. When we recognize that who we are being matters, we enter into a new web of curious possibility and self-responsibility.
Creativity has been a life-line this year, swimming in and out of my days, my nights, my dreams, and my sight without pause; relentless in its generosity. I adore the yearning from within that pulls me to write or art or play. This element of my soul balances the seriousness of my Capricorn demeanor, encouraging me to laugh at myself while momentarily playing into the “unbearable lightness of being.”
2018 has reminded me that the language of stars calls me from afar and surfaces from a depth of astonishing familiarity from within my bones. I have been shown that the mantra of my pulse, “everything is possible,” truly is when in reverence to my greatest friend, My Lord in Heaven. Insights of the coming years have been a challenging blessing to receive, giving me space and time to integrate the loss of certain aspects of my life of which I am greatly attached. Lastly, I am learning that the stakes are ever higher, the more we grow, the farther we can fall. I aim to keep climbing as any true mountain goat would, by the grace of my integrity and intuition, with my footing arched into stone and my eyes set for the skies just above the glistening peaks.
I’ll ask you again, what did you learn in 2018?
