These last two weeks have been a time of challenges as well as discoveries. I was glad to see the back of 2008, because it presented us with a number of difficulties that I would rather assign to the dustbin, never to be seen again. Sadly, it would seem I have dragged most of them into 2009 with me, and a couple more have arrived.

I was healing very well after my gallbladder operation, but now a permanent ache has returned to my right side. The spirits appear to be silent on the matter, for now. And my husband was made redundant from his work last week, which under the current economic circumstances is stressful, to say the least.

So here I am, just beginning to find a little peace deep inside and tentatively practising identifying with that. I’m just about managing to let that peace permeate through my body and my life, and discovering how to do that. And now the universe is giving me an opportunity to put it all into practice. But I have to say, I’m a touch annoyed at the universe’s sense of timing. I could have done with a little bit more time on flat roads with training wheels.

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