Surfacing

This is your card reading for Tuesday, October 20th/15.  Your card today skimmed out of the 'Return of Spirit' fractal art deck, authored by Cheryl Lee Harnish.  Your card is 'Surfacing', and Cheryl Lee's message for the card is this:
"Every time we allow ourselves to step out beyond our boundaries or find a way to get past our fears, the entire Universe celebrates. It isn't easy to let the world see us, and Spirit knows this.  But we are here to allow our true expression and to allow the deepest parts of ourselves to rise to the surface---to be seen and shared.  The Surfacing card comes when we are about to face the challenge of stepping up and stepping out into the world.  
You could be asked to speak publicly, give a presentation, perform, release a novel, or anything which involves putting yourself out there. Whatever it is that is going to be asked of you will involve shining your Soul's light in some way, for others to see.  You might be feeling scared as hell and wanting to run as fast as your legs will carry you.  But this is why the Universe has given you this card today. Look carefully at the image.  There are hundreds of tiny bubbles rising to the surface.  Take a moment to energetically feel the colors.  There is a lot of joy in there.  This is Spirit's way of reassuring you that this process brings with it much joy and celebration.  This is a part of your Soul doing what it has come here to do.  You just have to get past yourself first.
The Surfacing card can also come if we have been brave and expressed our truth in some way.  It comes if we have shared a part of ourselves, our gifts, or our talents. Spirit is here to acknowledge you and your bravery.  Every time you allow the expression of your soul, it is cause for celebration.
There is a whole lot more to you, just below the surface.  These are aspects of yourself which you are not fully conscious of yet.  When the Surfacing card comes, it means that these hidden qualities are about to rise to the surface.  Enjoy this time of self discovery."

My message for you today is this:
It is raining this morning here in the desert of Arizona.  How appropriate, considering the card that revealed itself for you today!  Rain---particularly in the desert---is highly cleansing and nurturing, and brings to the surface that which may have been 'camouflaged' under a layer of dust and dirt.  It is a beautiful respite from the often incessant heat, and thereby encourages certain aspects of nature to reveal themselves, rather than to remain in refuge from the heat.  Essentially, when it rains, in many ways the desert 'comes alive'.  All that life was always there...it was simply sitting dormant and not fully revealed. 
There is a distinctive, fresh, enchanting scent that is in the air following a desert rain.  There is quite honestly a sense of optimism and positivity, also.  Energetically, you can sense the latent potential that the desert offers.  You will often witness certain cacti blooming on the day following a rain---after the rain we had here the other day, a cactus in our front yard that we had never seen bloom, had a solitary, glorious bloom (it is pictured below). The potential for that to occur had always been there, it just required the right set of circumstances for it to manifest.
Such is the metaphor that this desert rain is sharing with us today!  You have within you Soulful expression that is meant to be shared.  The Surfacing card has presented for you today to remind you of that!  The energies at this time are conducive to you expressing yourself in a Soulful way---in YOUR own unique Soulful way!  You are now in the energies of a nurturing desert rain, which is washing away any latent fears and is also providing you with the encouragement to allow your true self to be revealed and shared.  Be brave...the joy that you will feel in expressing yourself authentically will honour your Soul!
Blessed be...