Happy New Year All,

I write you this newsletter today in the first month of the new year, 2011. I had been waiting patiently sipping my tea and going about my usual beginning of the new year doings; organizing, cleaning, setting intentions, sharing time with loved ones, taking the trees and glitter down. Breathing, and pacing myself for the success and dreams of the new year. I kept waiting for my inspiration and “go ahead” to write my newsletter for the new month. I felt I had to wait for something. And then it came. Amidst the joy of the renewal of a new year, January sun shining down on us a great tragedy in Arizona prompted not only me to stop and look but somehow, many. This has obviously stirred a lot of emotion and pain up and out of us as a collective nation and gathered up a collective body of words and anger, pain and confusion. Sometimes it takes the the sacrifice of a few to awaken many. This is one of those times. The words and suffering of those who have power to infuse folks with the anger or power to take action will always affect some who take it the wrong way or literally. This is the problem with being in position of “power.” Like Spider-man was told “with great power comes great responsibility.” Of course Spiderman uses it to save lives and be a good example. On the other hand …well, you have those who want to hurt or harm.

Hello again hopeful readers!

This is a quick Holiday Hello from my heart to yours sending you all best wishes for a joyful season held with intent to find happiness to your every corner of the world. I hope that we all find ways to enjoy this holiday without making stress be our major ingredient among the cinnamon, peppermint and glogg! Do you think you can do it? I am going to try my best. Remember how we all fall victim to mass mind and collective fear and stress. Keep it loving and light this season and always.

One more time I am going to announce and direct you to my Blurb page where you can see a sample (there are a few pages to preview although it is more pages than the sample shows) and purchase my new inspirational book titled ” A Vibrant Light “. View and purchase it here!

It is a loving book of inspirational poetry, prayers and mantras for self healing written by me and supported with gorgeous nature and abstract photography by Reed Allen. I have wanted to put out a book like this for a while and when Spirit (and Samuel) pushed me to get it done, I trusted and just jumped into it with joy and now it is available for purchase for gifts or for yourself to own and take with you for your prayers and hope. It is 76 pages, comes in soft or hardcover, printed on premium paper and it is 10 x 8 landscape size.
As this is a self published book it prints on demand and takes about a week to print, then it ships. Hopefully we will be able to get it into stores sometime in 2011.

Enjoy everyday and read the below blog for more news.
I’m sending you Love and Light and a dance for a jolly Holiday.

Miracles and blessings!

Sarah

Happy Holiday and Solstice Season All,

After our first snow it finally seems like winter has arrived here in Southern Maine. The chill and the darkness begs to be acknowledged. With that we light up lights and put the wood in the stove and light candles. Most of us will take heed to listen to gentle pulls to go a bit within and look at things and thoughts and issues that reside within us that long to come out now. The irony has it that inner issues that seem dark or lonely come out to the front right when we do the most of our celebration and sharing with friends and family. It serves as a balm and a catalyst for us to heal that which needs to be healed. As you can see from the news of late, it is not just personal issues that long to come out into the forefront and be noticed. It is also global and political issues that are coming to the dinner table. There is much work to do in the way of healing that which is broken. Anger, mistrust, and hurt is an obvious reaction. While it is helpful to let those emotions out in a healthy way, there could be a new way of doing things. Maybe long talks and long walks could help. Making music, writing letters, praying and finding a spiritual outlet. Negativity is a death sentence for Hope. Being careful to look at things and ideas from different perspectives and all sides of the issues may be the best way to heal that which is within us and without of us. Have you ever actually sat in silence and thought about how others may feel or what they may need. To put others first is a big step for some and that may heal many things. That is the true kind of gift giving you can give loved ones this holiday.

Greetings All,

Hello to you during these times of change, discontent, beauty, creativity, and chaos. Writing to you post election day here in the US. A challenging time for all to be here for sure. With harsh words and harsh dividing lines is it any wonder that confusion and an unraveling is the feeling d’ jour? The only real push comes to shove emotion that should be spreading like wildfire across this or any nation is the nature of Love and its power to heal. Im sure that many people as tired as they are of things in our world, do not want discord. Anyone who lives on the lines of war, feels the stab of hunger or the stress of poverty must know that caring and sharing might be our only hope for making things flow right now. As community tries to get smaller via the internet on our beautiful planet that holds our homes and families, businesses and farms, our issues of what needs to be worked out arises. Just like any relationship, the ones that hold our societies together needs a little love and tenderness, understanding and forgiveness.

Greetings One and All,

© - Leah McNeir

How the weather does keep us guessing as it travels from summer to autumn here in the northeast . Sun, dark, warm,

cool, hot, wet, breezy and the ends of storms from places from away. So symbolic of the beginning of the going within to find refuge from the weather of the heart to the sun and warmth of the fire and of home. That too, is as well, the heart. With the sun in Libra right now we are finding ourselves in times of balance with polarities tugging at our shirtsleeves, demanding our attention. If you look at the global climates of politics and environments where there are extremes it seems as though we are struggling to find some balance as well, we really must. Venus the planet of love and money is going retrograde tomorrow for six weeks. Making us all turn to our hearts to find and review what we have needed to review on such matters ( love and money). We will be reviewing our needs and desires (both real and imagined). And issues of relationships ( of all kinds, even business and familial as well as romantic) will be heightened. Breathe and take it in and know you are being watched out for as you just get more attuned to what is the most authentic path for you to be on and how you can express yourself and your needs to those you love. Trust those who love you will need that time too. I have watched as the months pass and more and more people are opening up to looking at things in a new light. It almost feels as though even in dark times things turn and move themselves to make way for a brightness and a clarity to come in. It is no surprise many people have noticed their awareness has become more heightened. Times of change are upon us and some people have begun the task of doing the work a long bit ago, and some are new to the table. Just beginning the steps to find the HEART of the matter.