Biddy Hastini

10/05/2022

I truly loved this piece. Its a good reminder that, in the end we are all from the same Mother through generations of beautiful women before us .

"I am the daughter
of a daughter.
Who is the daughter
of a daughter.
Who is also the daughter
of a daughter.
Some of us are mothers
but all of us are daughters,
all birthed through lines
that weave back to
that First Mother.
All connected from
the very beginning.
All connected in the now.
Mothers,
Daughters,
Grandmothers,
Great Grandmothers,
Great Great Grandmothers.
All daughters born from
One. Original. Egg.
from
One. Original. Woman.
So why the separation?
Why the animosity toward each other?
Why the arguing and fighting,
back-stabbing and lack of support?
The next time you see another woman,
look in her eyes and see the
Ancestral Lines – the lines of women –
that lead back to you.
Where are we going Mother?
And how will we get there Sister?
By staying connected Daughter
and allowing for difference.
For we are each one,
after all,
all Daughters
of Daughters
of Daughters
of our
One Mother".

~Arlene Bailey

07/05/2022

To any woman who has poured out maternal love for someone or something in need; child, student, co worker, niece, nephew, dog, or cat. To any woman who has stood in the place of a mother and made space for someone who needed it. To anyone who has lost their mother physically or emotionally. To any mamas who have lost a child and carry an unbearable pain. To the moms who go to work each day and try to balance it all. To the moms who stay home each day and try to balance it all. To the step moms and bonus moms who choose to love and protect our kids as their very own. To all women who love deeply, and tirelessly give themselves to people, and show up for people in need. Thank you. Our community, schools, work spaces, homes, and hearts are all safer and stronger because of you. ​​​​​​​​
Happy Mother’s Day. 🌿

27/04/2022

Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy.
The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.

~ Terry Tempest Williams ~

Art: L.Roche

24/03/2022

How true
Each day we should learn something from doing, listening, making or watching.... the unlearning .... well that's harder to do

09/03/2022

How did you celebrate International Women's Day?

22/02/2022

Have you ever lost yourself- your true self- whilst you were trying to support others? Maybe you felt you had to be something or someone else at different times in your life?

I have - but now it's time to step into my light - come with me!

22/02/2022

A very auspicious day indeed! A palindrome and an ambigram!

09/02/2022

"The old threads are unraveling,
Get your needles ready.
We are stitching a new quilt
of Humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts,
worn-out jeans, scarves,
antique gowns, aprons,
old pockets of plenty
who have held Earth's treasures,
stones, feathers, leaves,
love notes on paper.

Each stitch
A mindful meditation.
Each piece of material
A story.

The more colour the better,
so call in the Tribes.
Threads of browns, whites,
reds, oranges
Women from all nations
start stitching.

Let's recycle the hate, the abuse,
the fear, the judgment.
Turn it over, wash it clean,
ring it out to dry.
It's a revolution
of recycled wears.

Threads of greens, blues, purples
Colourful threads
of peace, kindness,
respect, compassion
are being stitched
from one continent to the next
over forests, oceans, mountains.

The work is hard
Your fingers may bleed.
But each cloth stitched together
Brings together a community.
A world, our future world
Under one colourful quilt.
The new quilt of humanity."

~Julia Myers

Artist~ Paula Cumez

31/01/2022

In this day n age, we each need to reclaim our power!

28/01/2022

24/11/2021

Well worth the read 🙏

LET PEOPLE GO WHO ARE NOT READY

(Clients, friends, lovers, bosses, mentors, family)
"It is not an attitude of pride, but of congruence. You will continue to love them but with another perspective, from another level of understanding, comprehension and awareness.

It is the most difficult thing you will have to do in your life, and it will also be the most important: stop being linked to those who are not ready to love you.

Stop having difficult conversations with people who don't want to change. Stop appearing for people who are indifferent to your presence. Stop giving your love and energy to people who are not ready to love you.

I know that your instinct is to do everything you can to earn the good graces of everyone you can, but it is also the impulse that will steal your time, your energy and your sanity.

When you begin to be in your life completely, with joy, interest and commitment, not everyone will be ready to meet you there.
That does not mean you have to change who you are. It means you have to get away from people who are not prepared to be with you.

If you are excluded, subtly insulted, forgotten or easily ignored by the people you spend most of your time with, you are not doing yourself a favour by continuing to offer them your energy and your life.

The truth is that you are not for everyone, and they are not all for you. That is what makes it so special when you find the few people with whom you have a genuine friendship, love or relationship: you will know how precious it is because you have experienced what is not.

But the more time you spend trying to force someone to be with you when they are not able, the more time you will be depriving yourself of that same connection. It's waiting for you. There are billions of people on this planet, and many of them will meet you at their level, with the vibration of where they are, connect with where they are going.

…But the longer you stay involved in the familiarity of people who use you as a cushion, a background option, a therapist and a strategist for their emotional work, the longer you stay out of the community you crave.

Maybe if you stop showing up, you'll be less loved.
Maybe they forget you completely.
Maybe if you stop trying, the relationship will end.
Maybe if you stop sending text messages, your phone will remain dark for days and weeks.
Maybe if you stop loving someone, the love between you will dissolve.

That doesn't mean you ruined a relationship. It means that the only thing that sustained a relationship was the energy that you and only you put into it. That's not love. That is attachment.
The most precious and important thing you have in your life is your energy. It is not your time that is limited, it is your energy. What you give to each day is what will create more and more in your life. What you give your time is what will define your existence.

When you realize this, you will begin to understand why you are so anxious when you spend your time with people who do not contribute to you, and in jobs or places or cities that do not suit you.

You will begin to realize that the most important thing you can do for your life, for yourself and for everyone you know is to protect your energy more fiercely than anything else.

Make your life a safe haven where only people who can care, listen and connect are allowed.
You are not responsible for saving people.
You are not responsible for convincing them that they want to be saved.

It is not your job to appear for people and give them your life, little by little, moment by moment, because you feel sorry for them, because you feel bad, because you "should", because you are obligated, because, at the root of all this, you are afraid that they will not return the favor and that is not to love as love is to release those you love and are not ready to be with you so they live what they have to live while you move on to find someone with whom you'll be able to share the reciprocity of healthy love. It is another level of consciousness.

It is your job to realize that you are the master and lover of your destiny, and that you are accepting the love that you think you deserve.

Decide that you deserve a real friendship, a true commitment and a complete love with people who are healthy and prosperous.
Then wait in the dark, just for a moment ... And look how quickly everything starts to change."
❤️

20/11/2021

How was the full moon for you last night? Did you see and feel the eclipse- the longest since the 15th century!
A friend took this shot with her phone - isn't it amazing‽ She was surely meant to take it.

19/11/2021

We all need to remember this... we are never alone!

18/11/2021

Oh my goodness
How divine is this!
Makes you really think about how you will leave your mark on the world
The possibilities are endless!

17/11/2021

I came across this today and it resonated deeply with me.
We all need to dig deeply so that we can bathe in love n light

04/11/2021

“When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism”.⁠

For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.

Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.

Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.

The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.

How cool is that?

This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.

It’s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects & rebuilds the mother back - so that the baby can develop safely and survive.

Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?

Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mothers brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?”

If you’re a mum you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.

I find this to be so very beautiful.

11/10/2021

A lesson I've struggled with for many years, resisting the need and want to do something true and real to me, based on my preconceived ideas of what others will think.
It's time to break free, be who I am, and create