Hi Gentle Reminder That Your Dr Is Yours And You Don’t Have To Listen To Anyone Else On What Is Right

"If I had to get a tattoo to represent you, it would be a paper plane. The one good memory I have of you is teaching me how to make paper planes when I was ten. But like a paper plane you soared away again and again."

ANYWAY.

Lock in. Shift when you're scared, shift when you don't think you will, shift instead of procrastinating, shift when you have doubts, shift without a right mindset. Nothing at all matters. Focus on your destination.

I have seen countless posts like this, but this is truly what matters the most. Keep going. You got this.

Hello! So I've been kinda ignoring spirituality, deities, and all that recently. I was like, "Screw all of that, I'm going to religion," which was fine, and I had some experiences with dreams with Jesus and things. But a few weeks ago, there were family problems going on, and I had a dream. So in the dream, I don't where exactly I was. Maybe like an underground temple? And in my dreams, I can't see people but intuitively know who they are. Hestia was there, and Hecate was there! I was just standing there and venting to Hestia about what's been going on, and I just kept doing it, and she just was kneeling there, calming listening. She didn’t say anything, but she was patiently listening. Then suddenly I said a greeting to Hecate and that was it! So yeah, that's all I really wanted to say, but I'm so happy that Hestia came in my dreams and was listening to me, I needed to vent. I'm grateful she was there. And I'm sure Hecate was there as a way to say, "Stop ignoring me! I know you know that I've been reaching out to you!"

I think we can overcomplicate offerings for deities, like each and every offering that is for a deity should ALWAYS be respectful. There's no 'if/buts/maybes' on that.

But some offerings can be simple like saying thank you outloud or in your head after eating your meals to Demeter, Artemis, or any other deity that are similar to that in your religion. Saying that your skincare, makeup, and brushing your hair is dedicated to Aphrodite or Hekate, for example. Saying good morning to Apollo in the morning when you open up your curtains and doors, meditating out in the sun for Apollo and Lucifer. Doing something risky and playful in honour of Loki and Hermes. Having a glass of water by yourself or washing your hands in honour of Poseidon. Learning how to defend yourself for Ares and Odin, paying your respect to the dead for Hades, and Anubis. Those are all examples of offerings, devotion or doing something in their name that you can do if you currently don't have any offerings for them at the moment, or if your sick and don't have the energy for offerings, or if you can't do any offerings because of unsupportive family, ect.

I feel like when people get into deity work, deity worship or anything deity related we all kinda think that we NEED to communicate with them, we NEED to do tarot cards with them, we NEED to reach out and actively work with them. But I feel like that's not it. Yes, you can communicate with them if you and them want to. Yes, you can do tarot cards with them. Yes, you can actively work with them, but you don't HAVE to. I think you can also just light their candle, give them an offering and just spend 20 minutes or however long you want listening to music with them and just chatting to them about whatever is on your mind and they won't mind it. Because you are putting in the effort and your time to be with them even if it's not doing any of the things you see a lot of pagans and witches do on tiktok.

sometimes I see old shiftoks like " 10 reasons you aren't shifting " nd one of them is " stop being so obsessed with your dr! Seriously you're acting like a little kid! " WRONG! Be excited! It's your reality, & that won't stop you from shifting 🫶

"One day, you wake up and realise something has to change. The old habits don't serve a purpose for the person you're becoming. And when you make that change, you start to attract new beginnings to you."

a reminder that deities you work with don't hate you for not being able to do things, especially not if you're physically or mentally able to!

the gods understand that we're not perfect, that we're just fleshy meat sacks and that some of us aren't able to do things as much, and you shouldn't compare your craft to anyone else's! it's yours after all.

and if you're worried that your offerings aren't good enough, think about it like this. if a little crow came up to you and gave you a stick, you wouldn't think "what a dumb crow, why'd you give me a stick?", would you? no! you'd know that the little crow is doing his best and wanted to give you a gift. to the deities, you're that little crow, and they know you're doing your best <3

I actually hate the term “minishifted” because wym you heard people from your DR or smelled a specific scent and you weren’t there??

I’m sorry to break it to you babe but you WERE in your DR, you shifted.

cherishing the things that bring you peace is so important. doodling ugly creatures. listening to brown noise. rereading the same books. rediscovering hymns and religious texts from your childhood. doing your makeup just to erase it. not everything has to have a deeper meaning or purpose, and not everything you do has to be for a more complex reason than how it makes you feel in the moment.