Year of the Wood Horse

"Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning." – Gloria Steinem

My double deck tarot card reading confirms that this next year is going to be an wild ride with lots of change and pursuing of dreams. Not sure what exactly that says about 2013.

2013 dreams that came true:
- my very apartment in Paris. In a neighborhood that I LOVE!
- a house with two barns and a garden in Burgundy.
- selling one of the barns to my dear friends so they can join me on this wild French ride.
- deepening of new and old friendships.
- cleaning out my stateside storage unit (whoa!) and selling my beloved Saab.
- a slump was busted
- trips to new places (like Belgium and Spain) and revisiting some favorites (Carreyes,Mexico and Cinque Terre, Italy)



2014 dreams:
- French fluency (or something close to it)
- a couch for the country house. Seriously, how hard can this be?
- visiting a new country/city that I have never been to.
- hosting my teenage nephew for his first trip to Europe.
- re-igniting my creativity.
- more slump busting
- embracing change and uncertainty with a sense of excitement and wonder which is obviously inevitable now that it is Year of the Wood Horse.

Rêves

(An image from my inspiration board)

Rêves (Fr.)/ Dreams (Eng.) Noun: A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind. A condition or achievement that is longed for, an aspiration. 

I have the good fortune to receive daily email notes from the Universe. Here is a recent one that made an impression:


Good morning darling, 


Here's a question for you:
If you could take a daily pill that would profoundly speed-up the manifestation of all your dreams, would you take it without fail? 

I thought so. 

What if it was a big, ugly pill that took 5 minutes to dissolve on your tongue, and it tasted like medicine. Would you still do it?

Yes, all of your dreams... 

Thought so. 

But what if during those 5 minutes each day you couldn't watch TV, or talk with friends, or distract yourself in any way from your chore?

Wow, you must really want a fabulous direction and clarity in career path, and all those other awesome life changes! 

OK, what if you could skip the pill bit entirely, but instead you had to set aside 5 minutes a day to visualize, in a dark and quiet room, seeing your life unfold as if all your dreams were coming true, and for good measure you had to say or do something, each day, that implied the same? 

No, you can't go back to the pill idea. 

Yours, The Universe