A Point of Clarity from Confusion – Rituals

I decided to be bold today. It started with my To-Do list, the articles I want to write today. I don’t know why I did it, other than I will see it more easily.

• Article for Medium 10/20/26:
• Article for TTS 10/20/26: Clarity From Confusion
• Article for Substack 10/21/26:
• Article for Medium 10/22/26:
• Poem for Substack 10/22/26:
  
  

The thing is, is that yesterday I didn’t write anything. I don’t know what happened. I think I was reading. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson. I read it years ago, but it’s all a surprise and pretty scary. I don’t remember it being that scary. Could I be thinking of the same book? It’s just been a little confusing.

I also know I spent a little time watching YouTube videos. There wasn’t anything that I remember other than Richard Sales going on about something. It’s funny, that guy is such a potty mind, but he can’t seem to see it. And, when somebody else does it he catches them right out crying, “Naughty! Naughty!” Somehow, it works. I like him.

Seth? (Seth is my Spirit Guide…I don’t see him. I mostly hear him. His part in this conversation is in a bold italic font.)

Yes?

I’m…I don’t know what I am.

Do you want to talk about it?

Well, yes and no. I can’t seem to get going with my writing. What happened?

Nothing happened. You’re taking a break.

The last thing I remember is writing four articles and having a really big writing day… It was Saturday. It was a 2,700-word day. It seemed bigger than that. It felt like a 5,000-word day to me.

So, you’re not remembering things well.

I guess.

If you had a job and were expected to be productive no matter how you felt that would be one thing.

Yes. All of my jobs have been like that.

So, no hungover days.

Well, I can’t say that didn’t happen, though it was a long time ago.

So, do you feel hungover?

I think I was sick.

No, I mean right now. Could you get dressed and go to work?

I don’t think so.

You are asking yourself to write. What’s the difference?

I haven’t been drinking.

Well, that may be, but the end result is that you are sluggish.

My blood sugar is okay. I checked. It was 107 or something like that when I woke up.

Yes, that’s fine. But what do you remember about the symptoms of diabetes and how there were months before your diagnosis when you just felt sluggish?

Maybe I just need to do a slow thing. Like read one of those cards Dennis got for me. I haven’t been reading them out in the living room, but if I brought the box back here, well, maybe I would.

Okay. This is the card I pulled:

Prosperity
There is a missing piece
That, when found
Fulfills what was hidden from view
I am what is missing

What does this mean to you?

It means I’m okay. I’m okay at 71. I was okay at 14. I wasn’t seeing it all. It’s all there. It was there all along. I feel better. I feel like a weight is off my shoulders.

Of expectations?

Yes. I need to just go with the flow. I think. That’s all I needed. I’m good now.

You were always good.

So, I can’t always take big steps. Sometimes they need to be smaller ones. Also, time to reflect and to allow the universe to speak to me through a card pulled at random. The set I am using is called Rituals. It’s a boxed set, 3 candles, some cards, and a book. Written by Michael Davis in 2002 from Chronicle Books in San Francisco. Evidently, it’s out of print, though you can get used copies on Ebay and Amazon. It was a present from my husband Dennis. It’s just what I need. I’m thinking I might write about these cards every once in a while.

Hey, thanks for reading. I just needed to include a small ritual in my day. I’ll think I will continue writing about these cards here on Talking to Spirit.

Interestingly enough, in searching for the Rituals book, I decided to Google the writer, Michael Davis. I wound up at a website called Spirituality and Practice – Resources for Spiritual Journeys. I subscribed to their newsletters and might find some guidance among them. Thought I’d pass that along too, in case you’d like to explore them too.

So, prosperity isn’t always about money. It is about completion. I am complete even as I am now. What a relief.

Pauline Evanosky
Where I Am