Hello all you beautiful people. It’s the Queen checking in after a lovely birthday weekend. I was just sitting here thinking how it isn’t until recently that my birthdays have been something I’ve looked forward to. For the longest time, I had thought that despite my birthday landing on two lucky numbers, I was surely dealt a shitty deck when it came to celebrating my birth anniversary. That is until recently. Last year began something that has turned the outlook on my birthday completely around. Maybe it has to do with my cutting the bullshit out of my life, or maybe it’s been my attitude in general, I am not sure. Regardless of what the reasoning for it is, I am thankful.

Let me tell you a little bit about it. For starters, I finally got the tattoo I’ve had my mind set on for years now. I’ve been wanting to get this lotus tattoo because it’s symbolism is something that I can relate to. In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus represents purity of the body, speech, and mind as if floating above the muddy waters of life. The growth of its pure beauty from the mud is a principle that gives me strength when I feel weakened. As for me, I’ve taken my own advice and thoroughly enjoyed this entire weekend, despite all the stress I have due to work. Yes, there are quite a few changes that I am and will be making, but sometimes you have to stop and take in life before it passes you by and the moments become just memories. You need to enjoy life while it happens.

I most certainly enjoyed this weekend. I even got to go to my first ever drum circle and I will admit I am hooked. How can one say no to being out by the ocean on a full moon listening to the sound of rhythmic drums and chanting. Even watching the fire spinners doing there thing had me in a trance. I had such a primal feel to it all. The energy had me buzzing. I will definitely go to more of them when I can, though I’m not sure how many times I will be lucky enough to have a super moon fall on the eve of my birthday. If I had to say one bad thing about it was that there were several storms in the area and while it made the atmosphere on the beach that much more epic, I was concerned about taking my camera out there and getting drenched. Unfortunately I left her in the car most of the night but couldn’t stay away for long. I snuck back to the car to steal her away for the rest of the night and of course I’m sharing some photos with you.

I do have to get going now. I hope this post finds you all well. I know that life has been a little crazy for some of us, though rest assured it will pass. There is quite a lot of change going around as of late and things are a bit in turmoil. You will be on a great streak and then from out of nowhere, a wrench gets thrown in the works. Don’t stress it too hard. As with everything else in life, it will all pass. Good or bad, nothing lasts forever. My advice is to just breathe through and take it all in stride. Treasure the good times and learn from the rough ones. It’s all meant for you to learn from, whether it be humility or pride. One thing is for sure, who we are stems from who we were. It’s up to us to make it mean something worthwhile.

“Let us each take up our flaming torches and mount as the blazing fireballs of light that we are and let’s burn the skies and leave it with deep scars and let them be our signatures upon eternity as we go forth!”
― C. JoyBell C.