The Journey Home, Ep. 6 - Almost Paradise
- The Rev. Matt
- Jun 10
- 9 min read
Hey, gang! Welcome to my life – where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. I’m Freedom and I’ll be your host, coming at you from within the depths of Geistopia.
DOC: Velcum To My Life ees a prochect, un experiment in Life unt ART. A living storyboard, if you will. Its premise ees zat life ees experiential, unt zat you can, unt do, experience ze life you choose. It ees based on Ze Veel of Life unt Ze ARTs for Ze New Millennium as life building tools. Ja, it’s true!
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Wisconsin Belle
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It is…Sunday, June 8, Two-Thousand and Twenty-Jive. Time...???
Theme – It's My Paradise
My whole life. The thought started with The Homestead. It is my paradise. It is everything i could ask for in a home [and did.] I need to take more time to enjoy and appreciate every aspect of it. I need to walk through it like it like it's a resort. [couldn't think of something better.] Vacation home maybe. My escape and retreat. But my whole life is that way. I enjoy everything I am involved in at the moment. It's all I've really wanted and now it's here.
Lesson – My Life is Therapeutic
This applies to every area, but I really noticed it with work this week. I have been having some struggles with my leg recently. I knew I had to put some effort into revisiting my therapy lessons - slow down and focus on the steps. I found it hard to do at home in my every day living. My thoughts are always occupied with what I am working at. However, when I'm working I only have one focus - get from my car to the door...and back. It's perfect for focusing on my walking. Walking is all I have to do and I couldn't rush if I wanted to. But work can also challenge me to use my arm and hand in different ways. But that can be said about everything I do if I allow it to. This blog, for instance. I can either type with one hand because it is faster and easier or I can struggle to use the fingers on both hands. [I switch back and forth.]
Observation – It's Not Easy to Keep From Getting Ahead of Yourself
We always have so much on our minds. So many things to do. So many things to get or fix or take care of. It seems almost logical that we would think about these things, cipher them out, plot a course. Though this is good - only to an extent. If we are not careful we can quickly get too far ahead of ourselves, worrying about things that will likely never come to pass. It happens almost naturally. We have to make sure we bring ourselves back to now.
The Post
Life is so strange for me lately - almost perfect and always perplexing. My current status - functioning cripple. Oddly, I'm ok with this. I can do things. I can take care of life and things. I just don't do it the same now.
This was my first "official" week back to life as life is going to be for awhile. I had my first three days and then my four full work days. Work went well. I made my Goal. It was easy enough so I should be able to do it consistently. It still took most of the day each of those four days. Today was probably the lightest and smoothest of them all. I honestly can't believe I was living like that almost every day for two years. All day on the road. Home to a brief window to eat and tidy up. Then bed and up and getting ready for the road. Repeat.
It's no wonder I had a fucking stroke.
I'm not complaining. I enjoy what I do. It's not a bad way to make a buck - especially for one like me. I do the same thing day in and day out. It's fairly stress free and now, with my shift in how I work, it's fairly mindless as well. I'm not currently overlapping orders unless they are on the same app. I'm just not putting myself through that. I can't move quick enough. I'm also not that comfortable on the road anymore - especially without glasses. [They should come by no later than Friday, but I'm hoping for sooner.] Every day is different. Every day is an adventure of its own. Where will I go? How will the day flow? It's like getting paid to Quest.
Like I said, I made the money I set out to make. That's promising. All I have to do is maintain it. Make that same amount each week. If I do that then any extra things that happen, remain just that - extra. The budget itself has some extra padded into it.
It's too soon to tell what adjustments may need to be made. I may have budgeted low on gas. Even on miscellaneous - at least in the beginning. However, there are things in the original budget that have shifted - $20 less on internet, $10 more on phone, a grocery budget that is covered mostly by EBT. There's just all sorts of variables and I am just taking as it comes until I see how it came.
The Homestead and I seem to have found a groove together. It, too, is a matter of time and adjustment as I go. But , right now, all seems right. I just need to make an effort to keep that connection strong. I need to walkabout and keep in tune with all areas of the property. Everything is in place. Everything is functional. And it's everything I've ever wanted. I have bedrooms for everyone. I have my shop and my Spirit Room. I have a great space for chilling out. I have my "country" yard out back and easy access from all points. It's my paradise.
And, as I said, I'm finding that Theme across the board in my life. It's like I've been granted some sort of reprieve.
I have come to call my week by two categories - work days and vacation days. Because of the disability payments, I don't have to stress finances in those three days I don't work. I can do whatever I want. I can do it at whatever pace works for me. As long as things are getting done, the rest doesn't matter. It's nice to have days like that.
I still have a long road before me. The adventure is just beginning. I have debts to resolve, projects to complete...a life to live. I don't know how any of it will go. I know only that all I can do is keep showing up and trying each day.
I plan on enjoying every step along the way as much as I can.
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Wherever you are and whenever you are – Like, Comment, and Share – we’re on a Journey and it takes you to get there.
So, without hesitation, for now and for always, from here in Geistopia, this is your beloved Rev…
WALT: And Walt…
DOC: Unt Doc…
JOHNNY: Aaaaand Johnny…
And those guys, saying, “Stay Tuned-In, Fellow Travelers,” and wishing you Peace, Love, Light…
WALT: And Freakishness, Baby.
The Totems & Archetypes
from Ted Andrews’ Animal Speak
Deer – Gentleness and Innocence – Gentle Luring to New Adventures
They have been able to adapt to every sort of habitat. Buddha is often pictured with a deer. Antlers are symbols of antennae, connections to higher forms of attunement. Look for new perceptions and degrees of perceptions to expand for as much as the next five years. Can indicate that there will be opportunities to stimulate gentle new growth increasingly over the next few years. Leads us back to the primal wisdom. A deer’s senses are very acute. Find increasing ability to detect subtle movements and appearances. Begin to hear what may not be said directly. Time to be gentle with yourself and others. A new innocence and freshness is about to be awakened or born. There is going to be a gentle, enticing lure of new adventures. Are you trying to force things? Are others? Are you being too critical and uncaring of yourself? An opportunity to express gentle love that will open new doors to adventure for you.
Ant - Industriousness, Order, and Discipline
Symbol of work and industry. Wisdom and intellect in their endeavors is often acclaimed. Social. Community activity. Gathering, hunting, growing. May find that the cycle of industriousness and building of goals may increase over a period of twelve years. Cycle of twelve - days, months, years - will be of significance. Teacher of how to build, how to be the architect of your own life. Show you how to construct our dreams into a reality. Greatest success occurs with persistence. Examine your own industriousness. Are you disciplining yourself enough to accomplish the tasks at hand? Are you or those around you looking for the quick and easy way? Are you neglecting important activities? Are you laying a good foundation? Are you adding new structures to your life with each passing year in some fashion - education, jobs, hobbies, etc? Are you being patient with your efforts? Are you being patient with yourself? With others? Are you making things greater and more difficult than they need to be? Are you missing the opportunity to initiate new creativity and endeavors? Can teach how to harness your own power to design and recreate your life. Can show you how best to work with others for the good of everyone. Regardless of circumstances, if the effort is true, the rewards will follow - in the most beneficial time and manner. The promise of success through effort.
Spider – Creativity and the Weaving of Fate
Maya, the weaver of illusion. Grandmother, link to the past and the future. Mysticism of the geometric form of the figure 8. Symbol of infinity. The Wheel of Life. Teaches you to maintain a balance – between past and future, physical and spiritual, male and female. Everything that you do now is weaving what you will encounter in the future. Rhythms. Creative sensibilities. The past always subtly influences the present and future. Spiral shape, the traditional form of creativity and development. We are the center of our own world. “Know thyself and you shall know the Universe.” Keepers and writers of our own destiny, weaving by our thoughts, feelings, and actions. The magic and energy of creation. Assertiveness of that creative force. , keeping the feminine energies of creation alive and strong. Links with the past and future. Are you moving toward a central goal or are you scattered and going in multiple directions? Is everything staying focused? Are you becoming too involved and/or self-absorbed? Are you focusing on others’ accomplishments and not your own? Are you developing resentment because of it – towards yourself or them? The teacher of language and the magic of writing. Death and rebirth. A lunar symbol. Maintain balance and polarity in all aspects of life. Through polarity and balance creativity is stimulated. A combination of gentleness and strength. Walk the threads between life and death – waking and sleeping – between the physical and the spiritual. How to express the creative energies. Don’t be afraid to employ it in seemingly inaccessible corners. Weave your creative threads in the dark and then, when the sun hits them, they will glisten with intricate beauty. Are you not weaving your dreams and imaginings into reality? Are you not using your creative opportunities? Are you feeling closed in or stuck as if in a web? Do you need to pay attention to your balance and where you are walking in life? Are others out of balance around you? Do you need to write? Are you inspired to write or draw and not following through? Remember that Spider is the keeper of the primordial alphabet. Teach how to use the written language with power and creativity so that your words weave a web around those who would read them.
Groundhog – Mystery of Death without Dying – Trance - Dreams
The ability to get deep within an area of interest. A time when a new area of study is going to open up. Two years to come to full fruition. Important to give definite signals to the boundaries you wish to have respected in your life. Death without Dying. A time of initiation. A symbol of opening fully to the Dreamtime. Increasing ability to develop lucid dreaming. Clarity and power of altered states will be amplified. Dreams will become more significant. Opportunity to explore deeper states of consciousness. Lessons associated with death and dying. Revelations about its process. Knowledge of metabolic control.
Finch – Energy of Variety and Multiplicity
Increased opportunities to experience a variety of activities. Everything is going to be amplified. Look for new kinds of experiences and encounters with people from all walks of life. Life is going to become more active.
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