The year gone by...

*I got promoted (in less than six months... way ahead of my seniors).
*I went through a lot of emotional upheavals but came out magically stronger.
*I realized that things are not as they seem to be. There's always a bigger plan I can't decipher.

This year that will be ...

* I will get promoted and continue to excel.
* I will go to Srinagar (Kashmir) and gt in touch with those terrorists.
* He will fall me for me like crazy and I will have the best birthday gift ever - cutting the cake on an Army tank
* I have faith in the budding love that is and believe that will turn in to matrimony.
*I will read more on wiccan and try and understand how it works.

2006 i went through 'hell' and back, a divorce and all that goes with it.
looking ahead i wanted to find something new to awaken my soul, so 2007 sees me looking at life from a new angle, intensions are to finish what i started, and complete thee wicca course work from yours truly.
already subscibed as a life member. so onwards and upwards.
see what life brings.

Merry Meet!

My biggest achievement last year was to go through a really difficult interview and get the job I wanted. That made me more than proud for myself and I felt really strong.

Ten days after I got the job I enrolled to Magicka School. It's been a couple of years now that I felt more spiritual. I didn't even know about Wicca back then, but thanks to Charmed and a little bit of Googling I found out about this thrilling path and decided to give it a go. I have to say, I've never felt more wonderful in my life. It felt like falling in love.

So, my New Year's goals are:

* To spend time more productively, read more, go to museums, get involved with a charity, preferably for animals.
* To learn how to control myself and my pocket! The book-series Shopaholic were probably inspired by me, so, after I get a re-mortgage I am burning my credit cards... Oh, yes!
* I will do my best to follow all Wiccan celebrations and also to start coming out of the closet little by little.
* By the end of this year I want to be able to fly... No, I'm joking but I would really want to find a way, through my Wicca lessons and my dedication, for a more magical, more spiritually developped me. That will make me a better person, able to help others.

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Hya all well 2006 was a year and a half for me…..the company I worked for finished us all with no warning in January! I have never been the type to sit back and feel sorry for myself so I started looking for a new job.
At my age (50) I knew it was not going to be easy finding anything, got lots of interviews but no offers.
I saw a spell in a magazine I get every month and thought “why not give it a go” it sounded easy enough. All I had to do was find a leaf that had dropped in the garden or somewhere else and write my name what I wanted and place it under a stone in the garden and wait for the results. I wrote my name and wrote please find me a job. Well within a couple of weeks I actually got offered a job….WOW that was a good easy spell. I started the job it was only temporary but that was fine, it was better than nothing…..I had only been working there for 4 days when they offered me the job full time permanent, but, by then I was realising I did not like the job at all, or the place or the people I worked with or the travelling there and back, so I turned it down, I felt so guilty!!!!! Within a week they “let me go” I didn’t fit in and I was pleased as the atmosphere totally changed…it was horrible.
I decided to do the spell again, this time being a bit more specific, wrote my name and asked for a job that I would like and nearer to home, had to find quite a large leaf….. again within a couple of weeks I was offered a job and this time I liked it and I am still here so fingers crossed this will last a long time. So that was my achievement for 2006.
For 2007 all I want really is to stay at my job as I really am getting too old to be looking for another one, to finish the work we have started in the house and most of all I want to make more time to study my Wicca revealed and Tarot courses with Magicka School to read more and to learn to meditate and relax more. Other than that I am quite happy about my life at this present moment in time.

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2006

To say the least was very eye opening I watched my son thought to be my baby forever graduate move out and seemingly need me no longer.( he does of course my cooking is great lol) I have never been prouder in my life. I realized no matter how much you think you have tucked away for a rainy day is never enough when hardship hits with a vengence, and that all the money in the world means absolutly nothing if you let relationships with those you love become second to making that nest egg. It was a good lesson to remind me of what is truly important. 2006 was my lesson year I suppose. A year to reflect, a year of loss I said good-bye to quit a few special people. 2006 also showed me my need to learn more about my wiccan soul that I have been trying to deny all my life. it has been basically my comfort thru everything I 've always turned to it in hard times yet still I tried to push it away. because of fear or what I'm not really sure. But over the summer I was invited to a spiritual weekend and was given the chance to sit in on a drawing down the moon ceremony with a well known intuitionist -clarvoyent etc. Native American woman. The power I felt that night was incredible it opened my heart and soul there was no more denying what I knew to be true all along.


2007
I realize that time will not wait for me That if I am to be happy no matter what is going on I need to be true to myself, take time for myself, believe in what myself tells me. I was guided here to start my wiccan journey. Out of the hundreds of sites I find myself in the best company here.I hope that 2007 will be the beginning of the life I long to lead. That I learn to follow my intuition embrace it and it will flourish. I will continue my wiccan path. Since starting here I have never been happier more at peace more open to all the things I have yet to learn I am so very excited. I tell life to bring it on now. I will find a way to take what you dish out and make it my own.

Accomplishment for past year... paid off my trailer and started studing Wicca.

What I want to accomplish for the current year...continue to study Wicca and progress which will prove to myself that I do have the ability to accomplish something that is self guided.

I don't have many resolutions or achievements from last year because a majority of it was spent in the hospital but that doesn't mean I had any achievements.

Past: 1. Survived a fever of over 107 (due to infection) and a deadly accident where I could've been paralyzed (lucky I wasn't)
2. I graduated from High School! (Yay diploma )
3. I've helped a lot of people out in the past. I remember at one time a friend lost 20 dollars when we were on a trip and I found it and returned it to him (two choices return or spend? I chose the better choice)

Future:
1. I'm engaged this year so next year hopefully I'll be able to get married (that's what we planned at least)
2. I also (of course) wish for a family and so does she
3. I wish that if I learn anything that may benefit others I would use it to help others
4. I hope to do well in my courses
5. I won't be getting a degree this year but I hope in the future to get a high enough degree to eitheir be fourth degree witch or a first degree high priest (which would be VERY nice)
6. I'd like my own house


I guess that's all I can think of but hey a little is better than nothing!

-Deva

Merry Meet

Indeed 2006 has been a momentus year.

I began my year with the Spiritual step of choosing Hekate and Dionysius as my manifestation of the Lady and the Lord. But physically and emotionally, I was in shambles.

I stayed close to Them and They helped me come to what would be both a life saving and life altering realization. I am an alcoholic. And yes, I do find it ironic and humorous that the Goddess of Crossroads and the God of Wine would be the Ones to lead me on this journey.

As of 01/18/2007 I have 9 months clean and sober. AA is a spiritual but not religious program. I have learned to stay close to my "Higher Powers" and feel I am now growing into the person I was meant to become in this lifetime.

And now it is time to give back some of the blessings I have received. On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 a friend and I will be closing on what we hope will be the first of several houses that will become "transitional" living for women in recovery from drug/alcohol addiction. A harbor where they can continue their recovery journey in a supportive and understanding environment.

Indeed, 2006 has been a momentous year.

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Merry Part & Bright Blessings
One Day at a Time
Wyllow Fox

This last year in 2006 has had more of an affect on my than I had thought it would. I got out of a relationship that I found out wasn't great. And I learned from it to trust myself, no matter how silly my feelings sound when spoken aloud. Aside from the life lessons I learned in that particular area of my life, I have also grown closer to the goddess and god. I have almost always known what my beliefs were, but this last year I began to seek out the Goddess and God and learn as much as I can about her. I have also began to devote a portion of each day to them, whether it be meditation, reading, reflection and/or a ritual. I have begun to see the rituals in everything I do: bathing, cooking, eating, cleaning, reading, walking, and everything.

For this next year, I am learning to treat myself as sacred. I have began to eat things that, as well as tasting good, are healthy for me. I plan out my days, and make sure that they are productive to myself. Today I have started little pots in my apartment with some cooking herbs, and lavender, to grow in my windows, as well as having baked a little bit of bread for myself and my roommates. My new roommate (in my college dorm) are wonderful! They both are interested in herbs and health, and this can only be a good influence to be surrounded by. I thank the Goddess that I get to live with those who could only help keep me on track. This next semester the challenge that lies ahead will be making sure to have time to sit down every day and meditate and learn. I will make the time though! I just want to have fun this year, and grow, grow, grow! I want laughter and celebration, and I want to feel good, both inside and out!

Well 2006 was a rough year. I lost my best friends due to them moving out of state, I lost my job, and we lost our place of living. We almost became homeless. But so far this year 2007 it is much better. We ( my hubby and I) we rent a room from a great friend, we both have great jobs we like. This year is the year I am learning all over again. I have been Wiccan for 6 yrs and now I feel it is time to start over and learn Wiccan the right way. I was so heavy into just reading and learning it all so far I never really learned it quite right. I was just into posing as a witch and just wanted to do the "magick" of it. Now I have a great friend who is also into Wicca, we study together and help each other learn. I am learning alot about Tarot throught this great school. I am more into the religion of Wiccan and not just the "spells". I was told my husband of 11 yrs he wants to study as well. I am ordained from Spiritual Humanism and will be doing my best friend of 16 yrs her Affirmation of Love in a couple of months. I am also going to perform my other best friend's handfasting this year. I hope to have at least one of my classes on this site completed. I started my own yahoo group last year and I hope to add lots of great wiccan stuff to it so more people can learn more.
Salem

Things achieved in 2006
* Found Merlin my new kitty cat, I had been wanting a kitty for so long, then one night I had a dream about a little black and white kitten and when I went out the next week I saw him and knew he was the one.
* Moved to different department at work, much more relaxing and now I am working with lovely people, I have a great time (I’m always laughing)
* Became more social, stopped thinking up reasons and excuses why I shouldn’t go out with other people. Arrh scary
* Learnt how to make and mix my own incense
* Started to make my own candles (Soy for the environment)
* Of course joined the Wicca reveled course, even though had been studying Wicca for a while was nice to find other people through the online community.

Goals for 2007* Take better care of my garden; hopefully be able to reap the benefits of a full herb garden
* Get more exercise, haha stop using the weather is an excuse not to go for a walk (though I do walk to work)
* Save enough money to buy my own house (Merlin need lots of space to run around)
* Get better at meditation, practice will hopefully make perfect
* Continue to increase my book shelf on ancient history and mythology, ooh I just want to see it overflowing
* Make more candles, work out the finer points so I am able to give to friend and family
* Appreciate our beautiful earth more, not take the all the life around me for granted, enjoy and understand the changes of the wheel of the year
* Work on my paintings more sort of took a dive in the later part of the year

Hmm well that seem all that I can think of for now, actually quiet content so nothing drastic need changing in my life, just here to enjoy myself.

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In the real world as in dreams, nothing is quiet as it seems.

Last year I believe I made one of the best decisions of my life. I moved to Phoenix, AZ from Ohio. I drove all by myself, didnt drive at night so it took me six wonderful days. I got to see lots of things along the way I may not have gotten to view had I taken a plane, train, or bus. Nobody in my family encouraged me to do this they even said I would fail at the challenge, but I knew different. I was confident that I could make it happen and survive. This coming April I will have lived here a year. Its so beautiful here. The Sun, Moon, Stars, and land are absolutely gorgeous. I moved here to get away from the snow and bone chilling winters of Ohio and that has been a success, little did I know I was moving somewhere where I would b able to acknowledge who I am and what my purpose is. Never have I been able to see the Moon so close to me I could almost touch it. This is the place I belong to come into my Wiccan power fully. I have been searching so long for a place to study and learn all I can about who I am. When I stumbled upon this site during a search it only took me 10 minutes of looking around the site to know that I had found home. and I had to become a life time member. With that said this is my goal for the up coming year, to read everything I can get my hands on to learn more about Wicca, and who I am and become the best worshiper of the craft that I can learn to be. I plan to achieve these goals by staying focus. Nothing is going to deter me from becoming the free spirited Wiccan that I know I am. and hey if I dont win the contest...Ill still buy the book bcuz I trust the adminstrators of this site and if the say read it, Im gonna read it. Well thats it for me... Bless Be

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In order to learn one must listen

2006 started as most other years for me...slow. It picked up in April when I, after 7 years of fighting I received my first disability check. In July my doctor got a new position and I got his replacement who is female and a lot easier to talk to. In September I finally made time to get back to finding time to meditate and my magick. It must have been time because while searching for something off topic I came upon the web site for the Magicka School. Having the money now I was able to join and I've enjoyed the classes I've been taking and finding out I don't know nearly as much as I thought I did. I even decided around that time to give some serious thought to getting married again. In November we began house hunting and haven't decided on anything we've seen so far but if you ask me I don't think were looking that hard. This December's holidays I found I wasn't as depressed as I had been in the past and looking forward to the new year.

My goals for 2007 are: To continue with my Magicka Classes and become a mentor and a much more informed witch.
To get off at least one of the meds I'm on and start getting a real life again.
To get back to going to work with my honey and makeing the business what it really should be instead of what I let it run down to. (it's good just not great but it will be.
To actually read some of the thousands of books I've bought in the last 7 yrs and donate them as well as some of the clothes and things I've collected in that time to the homeless shelter.
To take better care of my body and mind as I did before getting "sick" and forgetting who I am. To get myself back into my skinny clothes
To be totally smoke free by June

My on going goals are:
To get my honey to stop acting like I'm a nut when were out together.
To one day become a High Priestess, Open my own "New Age" Store that will sell everything a witch/wizard/magically interested person could want all in one place for resonably prices.
See my #1 son work on wall street, New York City, my # 2 son doing what will make him happiest...what he wants to do not what his dad wants him to do and see my daughter pull her grades up to passing where I know she can be if she weren't so much like me. lol (that's only a good thing after she graduates college)
And get off all meds before i'm 50 (I'm 47)

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Once a student always a student. It's great to learn.
Smile everyday it makes people wonder and then smile back at you.

Meery Meet everyone!

i had a dream mid july 06 and couldn't stop the urge to follow it - i now have a little shop with Wiccan supply (and crsytals, books, readings...) in a small town with pretty conservative people. but nevertheless i made contact with pagans and wiccans who slowly start coming out of the closet. i always wanted to meet fellow tree-hugging-dirt-worshippers and was - unsuccessfully- browsing the net regularly to find Pagan in the Park events in my area. one day it hit me - why don't i make my own. so our very first PitP Sunshine Coast was held on 17th of November 2006 and 6 people attended! I'd like to build a strong, confident wiccan community here - that's my goal for 2007 and the coming years!
BB Heidi

The year 2006 has been one of extreme growth. After 11 years I ended a marriage that was unhealthy. When I was at my lowest separated, mother of 3, I lost my job. I could no longer keep my house. Then out of no where a person that I have had as a dear friend for years enlightened me to his feeling for me. Since Jan. 06 I have moved from the city that I grew up in to a new little town. I have found the fullfillment of true understanding and Love. Through the months my eyes were opened to so many possibilties that I never saw before. I have committed myself to my path in Wicca, I have found an inner peace, that never existed before.
Now I am a successful business owner and stay at home mother of 3. I have time everyday to devote to studing the Craft, and to finding the person inside of me that has been suppressed for so long.

In 07 my only goal is to be the real person that I am, and to find peace with my past. To go forward, and learn not to dwell on the past, to find knowledge but not pain in experience.
Also as corny as it sounds, I have set the goal of meeting one new friend everyday, whether online, or face to face.

Thanks to all of you that have helped this year with your funny stories, and the advice that everyne had for me.

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Blessed Be....
Aurora Silver