the hokey pokey philosophy

new year's eve. i just finished smudging my house and updating the protection barriers for the coming year. i haven't cleaned the house like i would have wanted but this year i decided to let go and throw out STUFF that i have been keeping around the house for years. i re-arranged cabinets and drawers. and now the weather outside has turned windy. for me the wind is blowing out the old and bringing in the new. and as i sat down to burn sweet grass and talk to myself and the goddess about what i wanted to achieve in the coming year, i thought about the HOKEY POKEY. yes the HOKEY POKEY as in the children's song the HOKEY POKEY. i had decided that i wanted more magic in my life. when i was younger i loved 'magic' the unexplained, the mystical side of life. and the hokey pokey came to mind. don't know why, didn't ask why. i'm just listening to the "inner child"... yeah i know-new agey, but listen to me.

remember when as a child you were asked to stand in a circle and sing along...
"you put your right arm in, you take your right arm out, you put your right arm in and you shake it all about. you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. that's what it's all about!" the song is repeated with different body parts and then the song tells you to put your whole body in. and that's where it can get really crazy.

i remember
i loved the hokey pokey as a child and i love the hokey pokey now and i've decided to turn it into a philosophy. the circle equals a community, a togetherness, a common bond. the middle of the circle is life. the body parts that enter the circle are different aspects of ourselves. we are asked to enter life, but we choose to leave the
center. some leave for good and choose not to reenter and walk away thinking that's a stupid song. but some go back into the center and get that aspect of our life shaken all about. but we do the dance and we turn ourselves around in whatever form that takes. and that's what it's all about. life is a dance. right now mine might be the hokey pokey. who knows. in the coming year think about what's your dance of life.

see ya in the new year.