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Each day is a day of significance. You know you're aware of it, when every good thing that happens makes you beam and every setback is regarded not as catastrophe, but just something that needed to happen for whatever reason to be discovered or not.

Yesterday was a good day. I posted some pieces on Etsy, and experienced the child-like glee of completing two sales. They were sales to friends, but that did nothing to dampen my excitement or greater sense of accomplishment. I made a commitment to myself to keep at it, and enjoy the experience for whatever it is going to bring me.

We're nearing Nanowrimo time, and I'm trying to ramp up for the 50,000 word odyssey by developing my main characters and plot. I'm going to try something a little different this time. We'll see where the wind takes me.

This morning, I met a lizard on my patio screen. We shall call him Leonard. Leonard scared the bejeezus out of me initially, but take a closer look at him. He's quite a cutie:

Because I am a little odd, I looked up lizards in my little book of animal totems. Animal totems follow Indian spiritual beliefs that when an animal makes an unusual appearance in your life, it comes bearing a message. Remember my butterflies? Trust me when I tell you I found great significance in that.

So what does the Lizard symbolize?

* the importance of listening to your own perception and intuition above anyone else's
* the significance or hidden importance of recent dreams
* the importance of detachment in order to achieve broader desires your have expressed

Check, Check and Check.

Yesterday I experienced a recurring dream that I do not share, but log each time it arrives. This time the dream was a bit different. But very linked to a common theme. I spoke to the only person who knows about it, and we considered it's significance. Ironic that detachment would come up as well, because for me, that's been a greater challenge in my life. Learning to wish, want and desire without squeezing those wishes, wants and desires to within an inch of their fragile, formative existences. And then finally, perception and intuition. Boy oh boy...could I take you on a trip...

But this is a time for silent knowing for me. Trusting what I know, even if I cannot provide you with proof that might suit your tastes. Being still in these moments and enjoying them for what they are.

Gobbling up rocks at the campsite.

Have a great day, Voxiverse.