Unexpected Journeys – Examples

Class 1- January 18, 2014

To journey without being changed is to be a nomad.
To change without journeying is to be a chameleon.
But to journey and be transformed by the journey, that is to be a Pilgrim.

SoulCollage® Cards:
Looking Backwards After the Journey is Over:

Fear of Cancer Returning
Fear of Cancer Returning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body Image- Wounds and Scars
Body Image- Wounds and Scars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scbc2001angel
I am the one who walked away from my cancer after being held in the arms of an angel.

SoulCollage® Cards:
Beginning the Journey- Feelings:

Not Again!
Not Again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stark Raving Terror
Stark Raving Terror
Journey Interrupted
Journey Interrupted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Up to My Cancer
Standing Up to My Cancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healing Cave
Healing Cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Healing Light
Healing Light

 

I believe illness is a great teacher.  It’s really like a healer’s training.
It’s a wonderful teacher if you can surrender and open to it.  — Ondrea Levine

 

Class 2- January 25, 2014

The current of life requires us to stand up, again and again, and we are not defeated when we are worn down, just exposed anew at a deeper level.  We are meant to live between the two. 

Sit quietly and bring to mind a time when you stood up to something you had to face.
Breathe deeply and consider in what way the experience wore you down.
Center yourself and name, if you can, how this standing up and wearing down changed you.

                                                     — Mark Nepo

 

I am the one who is alive and thriving in spite of cancer cells dying during chemo.
I am the one who is alive and thriving in spite of cancer cells dying during chemo.

 

 

I am the one who is opening to my healing.
I am the one who is opening to my healing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am the one who is waiting...waiting... waiting to feel better, waiting to be healthy again.  I am the one who is resting actively in a time set apart.
I am the one who is waiting…waiting… waiting to feel better, waiting to be healthy again. I am the one who is resting actively in a time set apart.

 

 

I am the one who dreams of full and complete healing. I am the one who knows that possibility awaits.
I am the one who dreams of full and complete healing. I am the one who knows that possibility awaits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of My Breasts an Offering
Of My Breasts an Offering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancer Cells (Renegade)
Cancer Cells (Renegade)

 

Kalila, Queen of My Immune System
Kalila, Queen of My Immune System

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One moment’s
acceptance
of everything.
That is better
than a thousand years
of piety.

— Anthony de Mello

 

 Class 3- February 1, 2014

 

I am the one who is surrounded and lifted by community.
I am the one who is surrounded and lifted by community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mystery Card #1
Mystery Card #1
Mystery Card #2
Mystery Card #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stay Away
Stay Away
I am the one who was your spiritual director and teacher years ago.
I am the one who was your spiritual director and teacher years ago.
I am the one who was and is your dad.
I am the one who was and is your dad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heart Chakra Companion-Crow
Heart Chakra Companion-Crow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can read Anne Marie’s “Creating with Cancer” columns for Creativity Portal here.

The first essay is at the top, and if you scroll down, you can see links to the several others.  There are more detailed stories about and journaling from some of the cards I’ve shared with you here!

 

Reclaim your identity!
Remember that before you were a mother,

daughter, grandmother, teacher,
wife, artist, or corporate executive…
Before you were overweight, a recovering addict,
or a patient in a hospital,
you were a powerful, spiritual being of light
and that is who you shall be forever more.
Remind yourself of this daily…
hourly, if necessary…
and your life will transform
in powerful, positive ways.

—adapted from poem in The Little Book of Light, by Mikaela Jones