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As I mentioned in my post Crystals for Transition of Death, crystals can be very helpful with this transition. Ritual use of the crystals can heighten their impact, as well as comfort those wanting to help.

Here is a ritual that my friend created to help their cat Georgia let go of a life that at that point was very painful.

…we created a little ritual to help Georgia cross the Bridge. We started with our large rose quartz, which will help with transition. It is also a stone associated with love, so the Woman placed it at her bottom saying this is at the root, that everything is done with love. We want you to transition because we love you and we want you to know that it is safe. There are those who love you on both sides who will help you.

Then the Woman placed a fossil at one side and said that we would remember her just like this critter was remember in this fossil. It is changed but still the same, just as she will always be in our hearts.

At Georgia’s head, the Woman placed Apache tears and said that these tears represented the tears we would shed when she was gone but that that it would be okay because she would be at a better place. She would be at a place she would be healed (placing the final stone at her side, the malachite) because we couldn’t heal her body here.

Then we came back to the rose quartz and reminded her this was only done in love. That we just wanted to be sure that she knew she was very loved and very safe and the choices were hers–we love her no matter what.

from The Cat Post Intelligencer, @2009 The Cat Post Intelligencer, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

Using crystals in a ritual like this, or one you design, or one custom designed for you, can be an excellent help with transition, and other challenges in life.

P.S. If you don’t feel up to creating a ritual yourself, contact me and I can create one for you for a small fee.

A friend who also makes jewelry and crafts emailed about inspiration and creating and how hard it is to follow-through sometimes. Here are some of the ideas and thoughts I shared. I hope they’ll help someone else who’s struggling with creating on a regular basis and getting inspired.

One of the great lessons I learned from art school about creating is — just do it.

The trick with follow-through is to practice working on making ideas real at a regular time of day, every day. Inspired or not. Or at least every weekday. With health problems, it’s easier to have 2 times of day to choose from sometimes, so if you feel cruddy, skip one and do the other.  Or just do something easier that’s creative, even if it’s not what you ultimately want to do. The key is the habit here, not exactly what you make.

You may hate what you do or love it or be indifferent, but getting it done is the point. And even if the end product isn’t something you’re crazy about, it may well be something another person is crazy about. Spirit drags us to do things somewhat mysteriously sometimes. Even if you schedule 1 hour a day only, within 2 weeks you’ll be in the habit and find that inspiration tends to come more regularly at that time, even if it visits randomly the rest of the time.

It takes a while to recover from any surgery or other major health pr oblem. And it’s so easy to overdo it then feel cruddy again.   Try to push yourself a little but not too much. Trying to bite off more than you can chew just makes things worse.  So maybe the books (that she mentioned) aren’t unpacked, but is that truly important?  Maybe the inspiration is just more important right now, so run with it while it’s really grabbing you. And keep at it even when it’s not.   As long as your basic physical needs are taken care of, things like books in boxes, can wait as long as they need to.

If it’s not really important to unpack or deal with something fully, cover it up with something pretty and don’t worry about it as much. But keep creating until you get in the habit and inspiration will show up at your door much more often.

So many folks asked for the sterling Simple Enhancers since I discontinued them, I decided that discontinuing them might not have been the best idea. So I’ve got them back in stock. Not only, that, but I now have photo instructions on how to use them!

I also found some 14KGF accessories — fine chains and necklace extenders — stashed away. Since I don’t carry golden jewelry as a rule now, I decided to put them on clearance. So if you like gold but don’t like to pay a fortune, here’s your  chance.