Heart | Raccoon | Honeysuckle
I Let Go of People and Things in Proper Timing.
Raccoon meanders into your cards to acknowledge and praise your generous heart. Enjoying a full life means honoring friends and family, caring for your loved-ones and creating lasting memories. When we find ourself at a cross-roads within a relationship, we often struggle to let go and allow for the changes needed. This can inhibit our growth and keep us stuck in old versions of ourself. Being overly nostalgic often leads to living in the past and holding on to items and acquaintances you’ve outgrown or no longer resonate with. Raccoon brings an important message to acknowledge if there is something you’ve outgrown that you are afraid to let go of. The key to doing so is by separating your feelings of love from feelings that stem from unhealthy attachment or dependency.
Are you hanging onto your high school jeans or favorite youthful memories in hopes of returning to the good ole’ days? Maybe it’s time to dust off the knick knacks and have a yard sale to shed some unneeded baggage. Letting the past stay in the past helps us anchor into the present moment, so we don’t keep a portion of our memory behind us. Being overly nostalgic will keep you in a ghost-land of glorified yesterdays.
Raccoon also reminds you to watch out for anyone taking advantage of your kindness. By assuming everyone has the same generosity of heart, you will attract many bandits, scavengers and thieves that want to spring-board off of your virtuous nature. Raccoon’s night vision helps you see things as they actually are rather than with rose-colored glasses, reminding you to let go of people and things in proper timing for your ultimate mental health and well-being.
Bach Flower Essence: Honeysuckle
Key Words: attachment, comfort, nostalgia, holding onto the past, family, history, letting go, rose-colored glasses, bleeding heart, dependency, memories, dementia, pectoral muscles, cardiovascular system, lungs, bonding, thumbs and thumb sucking, breasts and breastfeeding, smelling
Action Steps:
Are you avoiding red flags? Be honest with yourself and write down the things you are scared to look at. Writing it out will move it to the conscious part of your brain.
Have a yard sale or clean out old items to bring to a resale shop.
Do you overly worry about offending people and of saying everything perfectly? Observe if your voice gets shaking when you talk to people and contemplate if this is the reason.
Do you have an unhealthy attachment style? Are you afraid to bond because you might get hurt, or are you anxious about bonds breaking? Journal around your ability to bond and what it means to you.
Journal around past times/memories in your life that you hold onto or feel are really important to you. Write out every detail and see what you discover.
Are you clinging to a relationship that has negatively changed, is hurting you, or is possibly over? Talk-therapy may help you sort out and heal unhealthy dependency and attachment.
Do you feel your best days are in the past? Make an effort to invite in and create new enjoyable experiences.
Do you cling to past versions of yourself? Notice if you still try to be the class clown, the popular kid, the peace-maker or any other archetype from your past. Observe those parts of you when they show up.
Is there a change that is bringing up fear of letting go such as a child going to college or a parent showing signs of dementia? Express your feelings by journalling or talking with a trusted friend.
Contemplate if you feel held back in life because of unhealthy relationship obligation.
Spend time with your 11-year-old self. Did you go through an ending of a friendship or relationship? Journal about memories that surface and notice what you had a hard time letting go of.
Is someone spring-boarding off of your talents or using your energy to benefit themselves without equal exchange? Contemplate if you are generously giving to someone who is taking too much.
