As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters ~ Seneca

Don't miss this TED Talk ~ the benefits of failure. 

http://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html

Contemplation of the sacred ~ connection to the ancestral spirits is foundational to grounding.  Sunday afternoon we visited the Indian Burial Mounds on the river bluff in St Paul.

The RUNE Gebo ~ partnership.  ... you are put on notice not to collapse yourself into that union.  For true partnership is achieved only by separate and whole beings ... Remember to let the winds of Heaven dance between you ...