Kelly Diels: how are you?
Jasmine McAllister: I’m fine, you?
Kelly Diels: overwhelmed
Jasmine McAllister: preaching to the choir, honeybits
Kelly Diels: it is a high quality problem, I think, so I shall try to refrain from complaining
Jasmine McAllister: we all need to vent sometimes
Kelly Diels: what I need to do is structure my business more effectively. And I will. And it will be GOOD!
Jasmine McAllister: ooo, when you do, can you show me how to do it too?!
Kelly Diels: one of my clients, Erica Cosminsky, is giving a course on exactly that – about how to grow your business beyond what you can do yourself. And as I wrote her sales letter, I was entirely seduced by her content. I need to take her course.
Jasmine McAllister: I gotta try to stop trying to run several businesses at once
Kelly Diels: you need a bigger, better team, baby
Jasmine McAllister: amen sista!
Jasmine McAllister: I’m enlisting my hubby
Kelly Diels: ooooh I like your style. Should I marry so as to procure some free yet skilled labour? I could totally do that…
Jasmine McAllister: NO
Kelly Diels: …especially for the sex part. Speaking of marriage, I had my tarot cards read by my friend/genius web developer Amanda Farough last night
Jasmine McAllister: and…
Kelly Diels: it said I’m going to get married again! And have more babies!
Jasmine McAllister: Wow!! How do you feel about that
Kelly Diels: I was delighted. I screamed out loud in happyrelief about the babies. I love being married. I love babies. I am a goddess. I need a domestic crew to worship me.
Jasmine McAllister: I feel you!
Kelly Diels: In fact, I find it terribly disconcerting that so few people recognize me for what I am. Do you have the same problem? Do people insist on treating you like a mere mortal?
Jasmine McAllister: How did you know?
Kelly Diels: I could feel it, one goddess to another. We recognize each other.
Jasmine McAllister: If only people just could step inside the roles I give them
Kelly Diels: and lay oranges and offerings at your feet, just like in the good old pre-Bronze Age days
Jasmine McAllister: EXACTLY
Kelly Diels: sing it sister-goddess… I know your pain. People expect me to pay bills and take out the trash.
Jasmine McAllister: WTF?
Kelly Diels: I KNOW. Where are my devotees? Calypso, Circe, and Hera would not be impressed. Hera would eat someone’s child in retaliation for that kind of snub. You know how she is.
Jasmine McAllister: LOL!!
Kelly Diels: oh honey I might have to cut and paste this into WordPress and pretend this is a blog post
Jasmine McAllister: You honor me!
Kelly Diels: as the goddess you are!
Kelly Diels: Do you like the movie Bull Durham?
Jasmine McAllister: low memory count on that one
Kelly Diels: I’ve been pondering goddesses the last couple of weeks and therefore have an overwhelming desire to watch it again – despite the fact that I don’t like Kevin Costner, or Tim Robbins, for that matter.
Jasmine McAllister: me either!!
Kelly Diels: but Susan Sarandon….
Jasmine McAllister: yes!!!!
Kelly Diels: her character in that movie, I swear to the goddess, is a goddess archetype. She is knowing, she selects, she understands life, love, sex, poetry, baseball. Men become more vital and powerful from being with her. They come into themselves by communing with the divine feminine. And there is an exchange in that movie that moves me to tears
Jasmine McAllister: which one?
Kelly Diels: this:
Crash Davis: Come on, Annie, think of something clever to say, huh? Something full of magic, religion, bullshit. Come on, dazzle me.
Annie Savoy: I want you.
Kelly Diels: and that’s it. I recognize a woman who speaks magic, religion, bullshit.
Jasmine McAllister: you know who you are
Kelly Diels: oranges and offerings, please.
That mess of tarot readings was wild. And trust me, folks, she really did scream aloud at the mention of more babies and marriage. Then we drank more wine. And asked more questions.
Better business through tarot? I think so.
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kellydiels
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on April 18th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
@Amanda, and the rest of the questions (and answers) are between you, me and an empty bottle of Shiraz.
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John C Davies
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on April 19th, 2010 at 12:30 am
@Amanda, I smiled from ear to ear when I heard Kelly tweet that last night. More babies would look stunning on her.
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:17 am
@John C Davies, John you’re so sweet. My eldest daughter disagrees with you. She already thinks the sister she has is too much.
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Kelly, you *so* deserve these:
http://www.amy-eckert.com/a_Oranges_in_Samcheong-dong_District.jpg
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:18 am
@Erika Harris, Erika, you read my mind! Love it. thank you.
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“something full of magic, religion, bullshit.”
your inner thoughts=priceless
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:19 am
@hillary, I think that quote about spans my range of inner thoughts, pausing briefly for “I think this laundry is breeding” and “you want to be fed, again?!”
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Thanks for the peek inside; your spirit is snuggly and warm.
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:20 am
@Siddhartha, Thank you Siddhartha.
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i need to meet me one of these godess women over here, they sound pretty awesome
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:21 am
@Paddy, you just need to be able to recognize the ones you already know (we’re everywhere, but, like superheroes, have mundane secret identities)
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Paddy
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on April 20th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
@Kelly Diels,
you know, there are times where the intense power of my emotions makes me think I’m a god. And upon thinking about it, i do know some goddesses, i just think god’s and goddesses are kinda rare when you’re in your 20s (or as you say, very well hidden.)
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From one goddess to another, I’m SO with you on the oranges, the offerings, and of course, the speaking magic, religion, and bullshit.
Perfect. Resonant. True. Us.
Thank you!
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:21 am
@Ronna, mmmmm threads of Friday night, yes?
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ohhhh how this post excites me, and then you mention Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham, and excitement becomes love.
*swoon*
xoxo
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:22 am
@Jess, When I was younger, I didn’t ‘get’ what all the fuss was about re: Susan Sarandon.
Now I do. I really do.
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another winner. but of course. what I loved about the post – other than being reminded of your goddess-hood – was that, as I read about YOUR goddess-hood, I realized that I have it, too. We all have that potential, we just have to reveal or expose the goddess within. this made me happy. thanks.
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:22 am
@ami | 40daystochange, I’m so glad. I’ve been thinking a lot about the goddess archetype. It makes me happy, too. I suspect there will be lots of posts about it…more happy, I hope.
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My offerings come in the form of hugs. And butterflies. Oranges and all other offerings will still be welcomed.
Let’s whisper magic to each other. All of us goddesses. We’ll shout it from the mountain tops together. When they call it bullshit we will looking knowingly to each other.
H&B
~T~
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PicsieChick
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on April 19th, 2010 at 6:59 am
@PicsieChick, oh drat, I meant “look” not “looking” D’oh!
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I’m blushing and smilin’ and all teary eyed…
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Kelly Diels
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on April 19th, 2010 at 10:23 am
@Jaszy, awwwwww. xoxoxo
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I’ve lost touch with SO many of my Goddess friends!
Thank you for the beautiful reminder; it’s very reassuring to find so many of you gorgeous feminine spirits online …
(and I’m definitely rewatching Bull Durham tonight!)
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I’d like this as a TV show, please? You can choose who plays you, I’m flexible like that. Except Wednesdays at 8:30pm would be a good time. Thanks.
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