You and I connect today through the Power of Ones (1-11-11).

Sacred geometry and numerology show us that the number One carries the power of initiation, inspiration and new beginnings.

I’d love you to join me in using today’s powerful energy to start our new decade with Fierce Loving. 2011 is a year of Fierce Love for Self, Others, the World and the World Behind the World.

One simple way to look at 2011 is that it is a “4″ year (2+0+1+1=4). The number four carries energy of balance and stability like a square. It also carries energy of completion, like going around the medicine wheel or listening to wisdom from the four winds, or four main directions.

How does it work to be fierce and loving at the same time? It’s a paradox to be sure but it makes perfect sense to our heart(s) when we see the balance it brings us.

First, we must be careful not to confuse Fierceness with Hostility. They are very different and distinct.

Our natural, warm, instinct for freedom, assertion and expression as well as the desire to defend our life and others is in our genes, but hostility is learned in families. Early in life we can learn how to shame, repress, ignore, ridicule, turn our back, bully, make nasty remarks, pretend, go passive, and give mixed messages through sarcasm. As scholar and poet Robert Bly says, “The instinctual heat of fierceness we possess at birth; the coldness of hostility we learn in the family.“

Fierceness has to do with an ability to show up authentically, not an ability to overpower or oppress. Very often we learned to be “good girls” and “good boys” and either became afraid of assertiveness (if being “good” worked) or we abuse aggression (if no matter what we did we were never “good” enough).

Everyone needs heat/vitality of fierceness at times. Not all heat is anger…sometimes it’s passionate LIFE.

For example:

• Friends and colleagues need fierceness to honestly and calmly tell each other their needs.
• Adolescents, moving from childhood toward adulthood, need a healthy sense of fierceness to navigate the pull of peer pressure.
• Parents need fierceness every day to navigate modern entitlement demands of their children.
• Lovers need fierceness to show up as their unique self, transforming fear of abandonment into the strength of authentic vulnerability and commitment.
• Creative people in every walk of life need fierceness to dream big and take their dream into the world.

Soon I’ll send information regarding classes, learning circles and our retreat, so keep your eye open. For today, I just want to invite you to add your energy/intention with mine for an amazing 2011 filled with fierce love.

Heart to Heart,