Secrecy and Confidence

It's days like this that remind me why it's hard to blog every day: so much has happened in the last twenty-four hours that I don't know where to start. A lot of it, I'm not actually allowed to talk about here, though, which I suppose definitely narrows it down. That's one of the things that bothers me about the Wiccan community, really. The secrecy. Don't get me wrong, I understand the reasoning behind it and will do everything in my power to uphold it, but it makes things so dang difficult! When my parents ask who I'm talking to, for example, I'm forced to say something as vague as "my friend," which only makes them prod more. On occasion, I've had to downright lie to to them to keep from giving away someone's identity as a Witch, and that really bothers me. Especially since one of the things I've been working on is not telling little white lies! But here I am doing that to keep a friend's privacy. Rather a conundrum, don't you think?

Ah, well. Moving on. I'm really starting to sense things again; huzzah! (The Pantheon: phew! Finally!) And I want to share one of the things that I think really helped. It's an affirmation/chant/meditation/spell/whatever you want to call it that I found in The Wicca Cookbook by Jamie Wood and Tara Seefeldt. I think it works for self-confidence, trusting yourself, and, probably, depression (though I haven't tried it for the last).

Look in the mirror, focusing on your right eye. Say:

I love you (your name).
I forgive you for ever thinking you were bad, unworthy, or incapable.
You are innocent.
You are a beautiful child of the universe.
All things are possible.
Success is your divine right.

Say it until you believe it.