Living in Your Element

I have lived in the clouds for most of my life. It started as a child when my grandfather and I would sit on the porch and identify shapes that would come and go on a cloud filled day such as today. I would later in life live in those very same clouds as an adult, as my travels took me around the world in my search for a purpose.

Being born an Aquarian - a creature of the air, I have always found myself more comfortable removed from the chaos of life on the ground. Not that there is anything wrong with earth and fire signs, because they are most necessary in the completion of life's drama. I am, however,  at my best when floating on clouds of ether, in a place where I can rest and reflect, and regain my energy.

Today I am in the air once again - this time on my way to Houston and my Taurus - the man who has grounded me and helped to keep me from disappearing into the ether ... there is most definitely the possibility of that if left to my own devices.

I think that we are all, in our own way, creatures of our respective astrological signs. The sign imprinted on our souls at the moment of birth. However how we handle our gift or what we do with it is totally up to us. I had a teacher long ago who consoled me very wisely that, "It is not what we have been given in life that makes us who we are - but rather how we make use of that which we are given."

We are born of the elements and must learn to control our earth, wind and fire. It is our decision as to how we use our special gifts, and in turn benefit from them. I have found my special place in the clouds that comforts and console me, but I have also found my other self in the face of my decisions. One cannot exist without the help of the others and unless you wish to disappear into your element you must embrace them.

So while we must live in the moment we must also remember the past and anticipate the future because it is in that trilogy we are reborn.