Countdown 2008 – Part 2
NOTE: I will be adding to this post regularly throughout the day…till about 6:00 p.m. when I’ll start another post for my New Year’s Eve Web Party. Don’t go away…
15 hours to 2008
Good Morning!
Welcome to the Big Countdown – glad to see your smiling face. 
It’s snowing yet again, in beautiful Montréal. Daisy loves the white stuff, but this morning, she seems to be thinking, “Will it ever end?!” Hey darlin’, it’s only just beginnin’.
I’m drinking green tea, thumbing through my old agenda, filling the new one with all the birthdays and special occasions I don’t want to forget. This gives me a chance to reflect on 2007, see if I’ve accomplished all that I had set out to.
Listening to Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Volume II.
Life is sweet.
12 hours to 2008
Lunch time: pasta primavera.
I know – had pasta yesterday.
But hey…it’s New Year’s Eve!
Runes and Tarot cards are ready for a reading. So as soon as I’m done with the pasta, I’ll light the candles and incense…and strike up a conversation with the Universal Energy. Will be reporting my findings, so stay tuned!
Background music: Sade – Diamond Life
7 hours to 2008
This is the message I received from the Runes…what I must focus on for 2008:
Mannaz
The Self
The starting point is the self. Its essence is water. Only clarity, willingness to change, is effective now. A correct relationship to your self is primary, for from it flow all possible correct relationships with others and with the Divine.
Remain modest – that is the Oracle’s counsel. Regardless of how great may be your merit, be yielding, devoted and moderate, for then you have a true direction for your way of life.
Be in the world but not of it, that is implicit here. And yet do not be closed, narrow, or judging, but remain receptive to impulses flowing from the Divine within and without. Strive to live the ordinary life in a non-ordinary way. Remember at all times what is coming to be and passing away, and focus on that which abides. Nothing less is called for from you now.
This is a time of major growth and rectification and, as a rule, rectification must come before progress. The field is tilled before the seed is planted, the garden is weeded before the flower blooms, and the self must know stillness before it can discover its true song.
This is not a time to seek credit for accomplishments or to focus on results. Rather, be content to do your task for the task’s sake. This is more a problem for those whose eyes are always on the goal than for those who have not forgotten how to play and can more easily find themselves in doing the work for its own sake. Herein lies the secret of experiencing a true present.
If you take the Rune of the Self and cut it down the middle, you will see the Rune for Joy with its mirror image. There is a subtle caution here against carelessness. The dancing acrobatic energy of balancing is called for now – the Self is required to balance the self. Nothing in excess was the second phrase written over the gateway to the temple at Delphi. The first counsel was Know thyself.
I also picked two Tarot cards:
The Magician
Knowledge is power. Empowerment through the understanding of our own abilities and the world around us. Intelligence and initiative. Pragmatism, the ability to make the best of a situation. A risk must be taken, and a choice made – this is the time for a new start, the beginning of something significant.
Four of Cups
The grass is always greener. This card warns against taking your blessings for granted. There is the tendency to yearn after that which is forbidden or unattainable, but you have so much to be thankful for in your life already. Is it really worth risking what you have for that which may lose appeal when obtained anyway?
Okay…I’m off to pick up the sushi.
See you later, folks…in a brand new Party Post.
marilyn robertson says:
My mouth is watering – cant’ wait!
December 31, 2007 at 7:11 pm
MuddLavoie says:
Hey Marilyn!
So-o-o good to see you! Next post will be up soon with sushi and wine.
Thanks for showing up…you’re the best!
Big hugs and tons of love,
OzaMuddOza
xoxo
December 31, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Charlotte says:
Beautiful Table, Great Food
and the Best Hostess…
3 hours to go till 2008~~Let’s Keep on Celebrating.
Celebrate Good Times~
Love You, Charlotte
December 31, 2007 at 9:03 pm
MuddLavoie says:
Woo Hoo Charlotte just joined the party!
Still blowing balloons…party should start very soon.
Hope you brought your dancing shoes.
Love and hugs and more love,
OzaMuddOza (I kind of like that name)
xoxo
December 31, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Chris Steiner says:
OzaMuddOza,
Thank you for inviting me to your party. There is just over two hours left here until 2008 here.
I’m looking forward to dancing in the new year here.
Chris
December 31, 2007 at 9:43 pm
MuddLavoie says:
Hi Chris!
I’m bringing out the hats and flutes in a minute…you’ll look maawvelous, as usual.
Hugs and love xoxo
December 31, 2007 at 10:21 pm