Quiet

I've been quiet lately. I worry sometimes about why I don't see You or hear You, but when it makes me sit still and pay attention I always find out I still feel You. She Who Loves Solitude and Finds Peace in the Forest With the Deer. 

I explained why I wasn't saying the usual prayers at the shrine. Even though I intended just to sit quietly, I did end up voicing a few concerns and speaking my gratitude about things... including how happy I was just to be able to sit there like that.

It's elephants again. I know what that means. I know this happens when I don't feel safe but have nothing I can fight or change. But I don't want to focus this time on feeling unsafe. I want to focus on the elephants. I now know why this happens, but that only opens the door. It doesn't mean I've learned what I need to learn yet.

There's not really a lot of information about You and elephants. Not surprising when looking at where our understand of You originates. But You are the Soul of the World, so You are in everything. As a Guide, You have similarities with Ganesha.

And I'm still learning that being devoted to You doesn't mean not having relationships with other Shining Ones.