Spring is here.

I must say it has been an extraordinary week.  Last Saturday I presented An Introduction to Living Creatively workshop and have never felt so empowered in my life.  Then by contrast I have one of my least empowered days on Tuesday.  So how the pendulum can swing so quickly.  I had asked everyone at the workshop to be aware that there are no accidents, so for everything that happens this week, know that it is synchronicity.  And when I go from one extreme to the other I took that to mean that the Universe is telling me, nudging me to get on with living my "real" life full time.  What I did was really set the intention to find a new job.  My resume is updated, Then I thought I'd ask the Prayer of Jabez cards a question.  So I asked - what is my next step, what do I have to do to get a new job?  And here is the answer I got: 
Whatever our gifts, education, or vocation might be, our calling is to do God's work on Earth.

And when you flip the card over it gives a longer explanation:
God's kindness in recording Jabez's story in the Bible is proof that it's not what you are, or what your parents decided for you or what you were "fated" to be that counts.  What counts is knowing who you are and what you want to be and asking for it.

What's funny is - that is another way of defining living creatively.  I say that when we can live as our "real" selves and successfully express that to the world we're living creatively.  And I've done tons of work - I have my purpose, I have my Garden Retreat mission and yet it seems I am missing something.  Can anyone tell me what it is?  This card hasn't lead me to giving energy to finding another job - that seems irrelevant to the Universe.  It has told me to ask so I am asking the Universe for the Garden Retreat so I can help people live with awareness and to ensure it is with justice.  Awareness awakens the passion to take care of themselves, know what matters to them and justice enables them to be strong enough to believe they deserve it.  I do this by empowering them to be open to all possibilities through stillness and self care.

QUOTES
Happy are those whose purpose has found them.  Author unknown.

The present is the ever-moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow.  In that lies hope.  Frank Lloyd Wright

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.  Luther Burbank