A TIME FOR HEALING

PANACEA GODDESS OF HEALING

Lately, my drawing meditations have been about women and healing.  It seems to me that there is so much illness going on.  Serious illness.  Not just in the body but also in the mind.

I, for example, suffer from acute anxiety disorder.  I am not sure why or when it began exactly.  I know so many people that suffer from the same thing with panic attacks being the worst. It just seems that we are either angry, anxious, or fearful.

There is also the matter of the body.  Right now Cancer is on my mind.  I can't imagine its purpose or why God would even allow it.  Now, walking along on a sunny day, crossing the street and getting hit by a car......that I can understand.  It is easy to get the lesson here.....watch where the hell you are going when you cross the street or BAM....you are going to get run over.  I just don't get the lesson Cancer has to offer.
In any case, I am grateful that I have my studio. This is where I can create my reactions to life by drawing, sewing, quilting, meditation, and any other way that helps me stay focused and in the moment.  Oh, by the way, the Zentangle above is my rendition of Panacea.  I thought it was interesting that in my meditation I saw her as older, wiser, and with a smile.  She comforts me.  I hope you feel the same.

Tell me, how do you interpret your life?  In what ways do you find yourself being in the moment?