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Thank you Lynn - your book package arrived with great timing! I appreciate you sending them! 😘😘😘

So...just about everything, then?

#octoberfeels #autumn #theworkofwomen #changetime

I was so hoping I would finally make it through a book that was meant to be read over the course of the year. I‘ve had this book for almost three years now. In fact, if I kept reading for one more month I would have officially read every entry once, if not necessarily in a single year. But the 7 June entry brought me to a screeching halt. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Is this saying what I think it‘s saying? Is this FEMALE author really blaming domestic abuse victims for their abuse? Please tell me I‘m reading this wrong?

This sentence is preceded by “Violence initially stems from the thwarting of our will or desire; it is an instinctive lashing out against things we do not like.”

Violence and abuse are “instinctual”? I may be done with this book, right here, right now.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #wtf

We need to get here. Only then can we stop having conservative power grabs for women‘s bodies and autonomy as human beings.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #compassion

Interesting, I think some extreme conservatives are currently using their “freedom” to infringe upon the liberty of women right now. I would personally love to see some balance return to the madness that is the current state of affairs.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #liberty #freedom #waronwomen

This really ties in to my last post. When you‘re only concern is this far off “place” and this time other than now, great damage is done to the lives, places, and people you encounter right now where you are. Unfortunately, we all pay for that. It‘s not just you or the people you meet. We are all interconnected, people.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #interconnection #truewealth #climatechangeisreal

I see a lot of this where I live. Everything is about this “someday” or “eventually” life, so people act completely contrary to their supposedly beliefs because they think this thing that will happen later is all that matters.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #hereandnow #liveinthemoment

Another great poem from this book. It‘s also quite a poignant poem for our time as well.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #GerardManleyHopkins #BinseyPoplars #poetry

One of these days I‘m going to have to read Hebridean Alters for myself. I love just about every quote from this book that Matthews has put in here.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #alistairmaclean #hebrideanalters

Truth
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #wonder #childhood #adulthood

Interesting that this is today‘s passage, as I‘m diving into my reading list on how our education system kills creativity and wonder in our children...how despite all scientific evidence, we keep doing the exact opposite of what we need to do to properly educate our children.
#johnmoriarty #notthatmoriarty #turtlewasgonealongtime #CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #education #childhood

The imagery of this poem is lovely. The “throbbing heart” bit really stuck out to me. No idea why.
#CaitlinMatthews #TheCelticSpirit #poetry #poetrymatters #imagery

#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #katherineraine #theoracleintheheart #poetry #poem #poetrymatters

Interesting meditation questions. I think these are things we all need to spend some time thinking about. Unfortunately, if you‘re an American that third one is an absolute no, and there‘s not much you can do about it. It also means that peace between me and my country is shaky at best, too. 🤷🏼‍♀️ What‘s a girl to do?
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #meditation #questions #thingstothinkabout

So true. I think most of us have very few genuine friendships like this. I think I have two. I'm probably lucky to have that many.
#caitlinmatthews #tbecelticspirit #friends

Minor Book Repair: COMPLETE
The edges I the cover were starting to peel back. I‘m not entirely sure why, as it sits on my bedside table, but I got everything covered in clear, acid-free packaging tape to make sure it stays in one piece.
#cailtinmatthews #thecelticspirit #bookrepair

Anyone care to guess who this quote made me think of?! 😆
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #somanylies

This was written in the 90s, but it seems to jive with what people are saying now. We have got to go back to actually educating children. We have got to stop fearing science or discrediting things that have been proven. America would not be in this mess if these people could think critically, for themselves.
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #hotmess #education #criticalthinking

#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #welshtriad #welsh #wales

Does this make anyone else think of someone who is treating power like a commodity and abusing it every chance he gets? Just curious. Maybe I‘m just overly excited when things seem to suggest he‘s doing it wrong. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #power

So true in every way. I also tend to think this is true the other way round.
#caitlinmathews #thecelticspirit #mysterious #battleofthesexes #women #men #truth

Interesting little tidbits that go along with what I‘ve been reading today.
#caitlinmathews #thecelticspirit #scottish #gaelic #love

This has me thinking of all the books I have and which ones fall into this category. I suppose this also applies to my vast music library and the works that fall into this category as well (one thing does come to mind in my music library).
#CaitlinMatthews #thecelticspirit #spiritualityforbooklovers #spiritualityformusiclovers #musician

#CaitlinMatthews #thecelticspirit #spiritualityforbooklovers #stcolumba #songofexile

I wish more people understood this concept. I feel like the world would be an entirely different place if more people did!!!
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #lifeadvice

“The Irish King Cormac‘s instructions can be applied to anyone with benefit.”
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #lifeadvice

I really wish more people could internalise this reality.
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #nature

Truth + Nature = Knowledge
Trying to remove any part of this equation ends in disaster. This isn‘t algebra. This is life.
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #truth #nature #knowledge

Life has no point or meaning without truth, nature, and knowledge. Period.
So please stop killing it.
Thanks
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #truth #nature #knowledge

I wish more people, especially in America, saw children as real people. It is deplorable to hit your spouse because you disapprove of his or her actions or choices; the same rule should apply to children. They are people, too. They have basic human rights. Next time you want to hit your child, ask yourself if you‘d like to be hit under the same circumstances and use your words (like you tell them to do).
#thecelticspirit #children #caitlinmatthews

Be kind. Rewind.

#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #kindness

Ah, the “Twelfth Night” is here. Apparently, tonight (6 Jan) we‘re all supposed to do the exact opposite of what we would normally do, laugh at all the things we love and hate, most importantly we must laugh at the things we fear, and enjoy revelries.

Good lord, the Celts did love their revelries, didn‘t they. They were bloody party animals!!!

#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #robertherrick #twelfthnight #shakspearereadalong

I think this is a big shocker to A LOT of people. I think it‘s hard for people to grasp, too.
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #spirituality

HAPPY HOGMANAY EVERYONE!!!
#thecelticspirit #caitlinmatthews #hogmanay

And just because I can...I hope everyone gets to try an AMAZING eatable Yule log in their lives. These this are SO GOOD!!! Just imagine a giant little debbie Swiss roll...it‘s even better when it‘s pumpkin or gingerbread with a lovely cream cheese filling!!! Who‘s up for some baking?!

Some of these can even get really fancy with animals “in” the log, etc.

#yulelog #chocolate #pumpkin #gingerbread #creamcheese #caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit

Dreaming of a bonfire on this darkest, longest night of the year.

Didn‘t get to go out at noon to face the sun and then contemplate the longest shadow you can have at noon. We‘re also out of all the real alcohol. This Jamaican Me Happy will just have to do. lol

I hope everyone is enjoying their Yule log (the burning wood one or the French baked dessert one) tonight.

#yule #yulelog #caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #jamaicanmehappy

Or, in more straight forward terms, you can be a self righteous jerk, or you can think critically. Either way.
😏
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #disbelief #doubt #faithbelief #suspensionofdisbelief #challengingideas

I seriously wish more people followed MacDonald‘s advice.
As an aside: I‘ve always wanted to read The Princess and the Goblin. Apparently if you‘re a Narnia fan, you‘ll like this. It was one of the works that inspired Lewis, I‘m told.
#georgemacdonald #theprincessandthegoblin #narnia #caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit

It‘s amazing how poignant this is, and it was written 20 years ago. It still hasn‘t ceased to be true.
May we all become “mystical believers” that see the world as peaceful, or “creative believers” that see the world as a place of great potential. Or maybe mystically creative believers, where the world has the potential to be “a place of peace.”
20 years later and this book is still relevant and kicking it!!! 💚💙❤️
#caitlinmatthews #celticspirit

This almost sounds like something some of the characters read in The Kingkiller Chronicle...they were basically saying that this is how their magic or binding works. I just read that bit this morning. I love when two books I‘m reading come together so nicely.
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #reality #belief #thekingkillerchronicle #thewisemansfear #patrickrothfuss

I wish there wasn‘t such a war between the intellect and modern religion. It all goes together, and as a whole we have come so very far from that. Your mind is not at war with your faith. Your faith is nothing without your mind.
#caitlinmatthews #thecelticspirit #intellect

The Last Pendragon and The Pendragon's Blade both talked about this cauldron. Interesting how all this stuff links up.
#sarahwoodbury has done her homework!!! ❤️💚❤️LOVE IT💚❤️💚
#cailtinmatthews #thecelticspirit #thelastpendragon #thependragonsblade

This is fitting for NaNoWriMo and the day I reached 50K words. It's interesting how things happen like that (no it's not divine intervention, but it is fun to follow the coincidence).
#cailtinmatthews #thecelticspirit #creativedestiny

In all the excitement of NaNoWriMo, I totally forgot to post that I started this book (1 Nov). I've had it for almost 2 years now. I decided to start it properly this November with Samhain where it begins. Here's hoping I can keep up with it for an entire year.
#cailtinmatthews #thecelticspirit #celtictradition