Happy Lunar New Year!

Hallelujah, it's time for bold action and change!

This past year of the shedding snake (Chinese New Year) has been deeply disturbing and painful for anyone who is paying attention. There has been much for our nervous systems and hearts to process with the current USA administration and it's cruelty, bullying, lying, stealing, breaking laws,

and ignoring our courts and constitution. The continuous trauma

and corruption happening before our eyes is beyond words.

We've had to witness horrors and injustices.

We are having to admit harsh realities.

We are being called to shed illusions.

We are not the country we pretended to be.

Awakening is not easy, but I believe we signed up for this.

And, I sense things are about to change because

Enough is enough!!!

We are each being called out of our comfort zones

to be more courageous, active and vocal.


Brave Minnesotan's led the way this past month...

as they showed up for each other in sub-freezing temperatures.

They demonstrated such incredible devotion to the greater Good!

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker gave a state address on Wednesday,

and he spoke beautifully about the power of Love...

“Love is found in every act of courage—large and small—taken to preserve

the country we once knew. You will find it in homes and schools and

churches and art. It is there; it has not been squashed.”

Pritzker called out the love shown by “the bicyclers who showed up in Little Village every day during Operation Midway Blitz to buy out tamale carts so the vendors could return to the safety of their homes,” “the parishioners who formed human chains around churches so that immigrants could worship,” and “the moms in the school pickup line who whipped out their cameras and their whistles,” and in “the face of every Midwesterner who put on their heaviest coat and protested outside on the coldest day.”

"That love for one’s neighbor, he suggested, is the country’s most

powerful tool against the rise of authoritarianism."

“I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Illinoisans, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party, We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.”

“I love my country,” Pritzker said. “I refuse to stop. The hope I have found in a very difficult year is that love is the light that gets you through a long night.”

Yes! This is evidence that the tide is turning. 
Love is rising and taking it's rightful place.

We still have a long way to go and people are still being harmed.

but this is Big, Bold, Brave, Action-oriented Love.


And, this is what this Fire Horse year is all about!

In Chinese Astrology, the Fire Horse happens every 60 years, and it carries

an unstoppable momentum that is purifying, disruptive and transformative.

This will be a year of great courage, confidence,

strength of heart, unbridled energy and passionate creativity.

Spiritual expansion and Awakening opportunities are also on full blast.

We will need to watch out for impulsiveness, upheaval, anxiety,

impatience and potential burnout from going too fast.

This will not be a comfortable or peaceful year,

but it is a pivotal one for moving us forward.

Horses (1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026) are known

to be adventurous, enthusiastic, strong, energetic, magnetic, independent, unconventional, stubborn, willful, and they are natural leaders.

Add the Fire element and everything amplifies...

We can burn down what no longer serves,

and Light up the new way forward.

The world needs us standing boldly in our hearts now.

We are being called to shine Light on the darkness, inside and out.

And, to joyfully come together to support one another.

We have literally been dying for this!

It is time for us to return home to Living Love.
It's time for us to stand up for Truth and Humanity. 
It's time for us to Light the world with Loving Kindness.

We came for this now.

In Love and Light,

Teri Jo

PS Guess who happens to be a Fire Horse?
Me, born August 9, 1966, woo hoo!

Watch out world, here I AM!

PSS I have been super inspired by the Winter Olympians.

Kudos to their sportsmanship, courage, kindness and caring.

I've been reading about Alysa Liu and am so moved by her.

The video of her below is FIRE (I can't stop watching)

The Fire Horse year calls you forward, favoring bold movement, honest expression, and the willingness to ride toward the unknown with unbridled trust. This is not energy meant to be contained. It is energy designed to ignite and come fully to life.

~Kristin Fontana (my personal evolutionary astrologer for 15 years now)

YOUTUBE: Alysa Liu Wins the Gold! (8 minutes of Awesome!!!)

Mount the stallion of love and do not fear the path,

Love's stallion knows the way exactly.

~Rumi

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness,

the astonishing Light of your own being.

~Hafiz

USA & World Snapshot with Heather Cox Richardson

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes.

~Sun Tzu

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti

Rep/Rev James Talarico on The Late Show

My granddad was a Baptist preacher in South Texas. When I was little, he told me that Christianity is a simple religion. Not an easy religion, but a simple religion because Jesus gave us two commandments. Love God and Love Neighbor. And there was no exception to that second commandment. Love thy neighbor regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or immigration status or religious affiliation.

~James Talarico

Christian Nationalism is the worship of power in the name of the Christ.

It is a betrayal of Jesus of Nazareth.

~James Talarico 

Don’t tell me what you believe. 

Show my how you treat other people and I will tell you what you believe.

~James Talarico 

You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates… Release the need to hate, to harbor division and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.

~Senator John Lewis

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Some women fear the fire.

Some women simply become it.

~r.h. sin

YOUTUBE: Bondi Beach Hero Speaks (4 minutes)

When asked about risking his life for strangers, Ahmed al Ahmed responded,

"I risked my life for innocent human beings. I can't call them strangers

because they are human beings, like me, like you."
(from interview above)

The ORGANIZED Corner

ABOUT ME: I absolutely LOVE working. I love being useful. I love helping. I love inspiring and educating. I love making spaces more organized and orderly. I plan to work until I die. Retirement sounds boring to me.

Three reasons I love Organizing, Coaching and Facilitating groups:
1) Getting to work with amazing people of all types, from joyous to cranky, everyone is so interesting, precious and endearing to me.

2) Getting to bring my whole Authentic Self forward and sharing my gifts.

I am 100% me when I work in any capacity, and it is incredibly fulfilling.

3) Working with Spirit - I feel Spirit's presence, grace and guidance

when I work, and I feel so lucky and blessed.

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There is a crack in everything, that's how the Light gets in.

~Leonard Cohen

It’s also how the Light gets out ;)

~Teri Jo Wheeler

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(In the year of the Fire Horse) Boldness isn't optional—it's required.

If you're playing small, waiting for permission, or clinging to what's already over… this year will feel loud. 

~Unknown

Series Rec: The Big C (Netflix)

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

~Thomas Jefferson (motto of Great Seal of the United States)

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Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.

Help someone's Soul (I say ego) heal.

Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

~Rumi

Song 4 You: Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

Now is the time for all good men (and women) to come to the aid of their country.

~JFK