The Phoenix...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by The Traveler
This symbol repeatedly has come to symbolize me and my life. Why a Phoenix? Because...according to various legends/myths...out of the ashes of its former self, it rises, reborn to live anew, till it becomes time for the cycle to circle back.
I have begun to sense that this time is coming again on a grand scale - metaphorically speaking - the ending of my way of current life, a way of being, is coming to and end....thus soon it will be a time for new beginnings.
This is the first time I have been fully conscious of this process happening.
The last time I went through this process, was the beginning of 2001 through early 2002...as my marriage fell apart; as I became pregnant with my second child; as I moved out on my own, alone, for the first time ever in my life at the age of 27 yo; as I became a single parent; as I continued on with college and found my calling in social work; as I began to take control over my life and stopped letting my past traumas and abuses haunt my life; as well as not letting others dictate how I should or should not be.
I got my Phoenix tattoo then...at the very beginning of that process...unaware at the time, of what it fully meant and would come to mean and symbolize to me.
I have to ponder and think some more on this new insight I've gained today, as is my nature, but I am getting the deep sense that this is going to be an interesting and unique time.
Me
I have begun to sense that this time is coming again on a grand scale - metaphorically speaking - the ending of my way of current life, a way of being, is coming to and end....thus soon it will be a time for new beginnings.
This is the first time I have been fully conscious of this process happening.
The last time I went through this process, was the beginning of 2001 through early 2002...as my marriage fell apart; as I became pregnant with my second child; as I moved out on my own, alone, for the first time ever in my life at the age of 27 yo; as I became a single parent; as I continued on with college and found my calling in social work; as I began to take control over my life and stopped letting my past traumas and abuses haunt my life; as well as not letting others dictate how I should or should not be.
I got my Phoenix tattoo then...at the very beginning of that process...unaware at the time, of what it fully meant and would come to mean and symbolize to me.
I have to ponder and think some more on this new insight I've gained today, as is my nature, but I am getting the deep sense that this is going to be an interesting and unique time.
Me
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