Sacred Journeys

-- Do something noble. Whether you volunteer at a soup kitchen, or spend a day picking up litter at the seashore, do something unselfish. Locate a nearby home that is being constructed by Habitat for Humanity, and volunteer. Or, answer the phone for a local charity for a few hours.

When you consult Scriptures or the Tarot or another source, you often have a question in mind. For your own sacred journey, it's important to articulate your quest if you can. It can be phrased as something you'd like to get away from, or remove from your character, or you may be able to express it as a wish.

No matter what you do, close to home or on a vacation to a distant place, keep a journal about your quest. Include mementos of your journey; something as simple as gluing a tollbooth receipt into your journal can symbolize the small expense of a pilgrimage in comparison with what you learn on it.

Take photos, sketch what's around you as you explore . (If you're not an artist, read Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World by Natalie Goldberg. It's one of the most personally liberating books about art and journaling!)

Above all, honor the changing seasons and the importance of internal and spiritual changes within you. We are here to learn and to grow, and then to share with others.

Whether you take a sacred journey far from home or within yourself, I hope that your quest is rich and meaningful.

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