DAWNYTHE WANDERER
Musings, Ping-Pong Insights & Wandering Through the Mind & Heart
Hello! My name is Dawn Bader. I am a Leo and have all the wonderful traits of this sun sign. Cross that with the Chinese zodiac sign of an Earth Monkey and I am a force to be reckoned with! Just ask me.
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My favourite times are gathering with other humans...or maybe with just a dog at my feet....around a campfire, possibly over a glass of wine, mulling over topics that include a range from why the sky is blue, how to ferment food to what does the Universe mean. And everything in-between. I also cherish my alone time to re-charge. Call me an introverted extrovert. Or maybe that is an extroverted introvert. Or maybe that is an ambivert or an omnivert....should I try to decipher the difference there?
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I don't think so, who needs labels? I am me.
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My life is not always shiny and most often messy and bumpy. With the past mindset of "if you do the right things, the world will always shine on you", I was unceremoniously brought down to reality with a relationship breakup that broke my heart and essentially tore the very fabric of what I thought life was about.
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I felt shame that I wasn't good enough and that I was a failure. What began with a cursory "bye", not even a polite "good-bye", has turned into a seven year ongoing pilgrimage of some serious ruminating around in the weeds of my belief systems of what life is all about, what love is, what all relationships bring to our journeys and what the human spirit can accomplish. For the majority of that extremely dark time, I often didn't think I would see the light of day.
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But I did. And I do.
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Allowing grace with myself and understanding that the unplanned happens regardless of the best laid plans has been a point of illumination for me. And just because my life isn't like those around me, doesn't mean I am a failure.
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Pivot and flow is now my mantra.
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