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Day Twenty-One: Release Your Burdens
Day Twenty-one: Release Your Burdens
Burden Basket carries my grief,
And gives me strength to go.
Burden Basket reminds me not to take
My burdens to other’s homes.
Burden Basket sings to me,
When the winter is long,
Reminding me of summer’s heat,
Bringing warmth to ancient bones.
~Jamie Sams, Sacred Path Cards
(Day 21 of 30 days of writing. All of the 30 days are posted on Medium or go to this link and purchase the entire e-book for 99 cents. The Sacred Feminine: Tuning into Your Personal Power. 30 days of Writing and Reflecting)
The Sacred Path Cards were created by Jamie Sams in 1990. She wrote them as an honoring to mother earth using traditions of different Native American Indian tribes. In the introduction, she shares her intention: to promote understanding and peace among all creeds. There are 44 cards with in-depth descriptions of traditions and rituals and ceremonies. She describes a Medicine Wheel and eight different card spreads including The Four Directions Spread and the Initiation Spread.
One of the Sacred Path Cards is the Burden Basket. It reminds us to release our burdens and connect…
