Across continents and centuries, dragons have featured in myths, legends and storytelling.
To most people they imbue a sense of other worldliness to stories; drawn from a time, mind and place of make-believe. Others say they are now only hidden from our view, because our seed of belief is too weak to grow.
However you view them, their presence invokes a sense of things being bigger than they seem.
That is the power of the dragon.
” Dragons, while commonly thought of as fire-breathing marauders, were, to the Celts, indicators of places of great power. Where dragons trod, mystic energy flowed, and where they laired were invariably places of great sanctity and mystical harmony. While dragons were dangerous, they were also indicators of fertility, of life. ‘The Path of the Dragon’ was the Celtic term for ley lines. And ley lines, for the uninitiated, were the stretches of mystic power which criss-crossed the land. Druids hunted these lines, and made a ley lines map for their people, instructing them to build their temples and homes along the lines in order to harvest the energies.”
The New Year is a time of almost impotent power.
It’s a time of things about to become.
Or is it?
Given the last few (unexpectedly) amazing weeks, I firmly believe that 2012 is undoubtedly the year for things to become real.
Last year I wrote about my first attempt at a word resolution – for 2011 – and the word was OPEN. A year of focusing on being open guided me to react and move in many new (and some old) areas and attracted a variety of associated things into my story-circle.
Now that it’s 2012, it’s time to take another spin through the thesaurus. But without trying to be a spoiler, those of you who read my Christmas email, may already have an inkling about what my 2012 word resolution may be…
2012 is all about COURAGE.
From where did that spring? Well, in the dusk of 2011 I wrote my 2012 Manifesto. This was where I wanted to be, what I wanted to do, how – and most importantly – why, I wanted to do it.
Three words kept coming up: BRAVE. BOLD. BELIEVE. They all require one thing – courage.
To have courage you need to dig deep.
You need to tap into those hidden reserves, find those things that are hitherto unseen and bring them to light – a little like searching for dragons in today’s world.
What will I find on my quest?
Breathe fire into your year
This week it was Chinese New Year, the longest and most important celebration of the Chinese calendar. Specifically it’s the Year of the Water Dragon.
Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal’s year would have some of that animal’s personality. Those born in dragon years are innovative, brave, and passionate.
The Celts and Druids revered dragons. The Anglo-Saxon word “dragon” is derived from the Greek word meaning “to see clearly”. They believed dragons had the gift of vision, wisdom, and prophecy. Dragons were considered the guardians of all knowledge and wisdom.
Sadly I’m not a dragon (although my children may dispute that at times) but I do have a symbiotic connection with dragonflies – which represent change. According to myth, dragonflies were originally dragons.
So it may well be that my 2012 path of COURAGE my just be filled with tests, turns and changes – all of which sound like great challenges to a red-haired warrior like myself!
Your turn
So now it’s over to you. What will be your word resolution for 2012? What do you most want the universe to bring you? Share it with us, below.
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