Caring Connections

This is your card reading for Friday, December 23rd/16.  Your card today drifted out of the 'Energy Oracle' deck, authored by Sandra Anne Taylor.  Your card is 'Caring Connections', and Sandra's message for the card is this:
"~Friendship, Partnership of Two, Possible Love~
This card shows a couple in a tender embrace, with the woman holding the blossoms of new love.  Like the Community card, this reveals a caring connection--but usually between two people only.  This card signals the beginning or deepening of a kindred-spirit friendship or even the appearance of new love.  It can also signify a formal business partnership.  
When this card appears, be on the lookout for new connections presenting themselves. The relationships you already share may become more intimate, purposeful, or present at this time.  Notice the opportunities to forge new or deeper bonds.  There may be a tender karmic connection at hand!"

My message for you today is this:
You may find yourself reflecting upon relationships, old and new, at this time.  You are being advised to see the POSITIVES in these relationships, rather than to dwell upon any perceived shortcomings on your part or the part of the other.  COMPASSION is the key word of the day, including having compassion for your SELF.  As thoughts of these relationships 'cross your mind', allow them into your heart.  See each relationship as having influenced who you are now, and bless it for that---including the painful aspects.  We have been in an intense year of digging deep and of discovering WHO we came here to be and how we wish to share that with the world.  Reflecting upon who we are in relationship, and upon the relationships that we have shared, is part of that process of self-discovery and self-determination.  It is no 'accident' that this card presented for you at a time when many will be gathering with family and friends for holiday celebrations---especially Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, this weekend.  Spirit is advising you to enter into these gatherings from a place of honouring---honouring all that your current relationships have brought to you in the form of caring connections, and yes, even challenges that encouraged your personal growth.  
We are honestly moving into a new energy in 2017, wherein we will be in fuller, authentic expression of our Soul.  This will likely draw in some partnerships that are new, and/or will deepen some existing partnerships for you.  Be open to synchronistic events involving bringing others into your life circumstances.  
For some, this holds the literal message of new life; as in a pregnancy or birth that will be welcomed.  And for some, this message is regarding a longed for romantic relationship coming into being for you.  Do not attempt to script how this relationship is introduced or revealed to you...your role is to be open and aware of how the Universe is conspiring in your favour! 
Blessed be...
(I am so grateful for the 'caring connections' I feel in sharing my card readings with you! Thank you for taking time out of your day to read them! It is joyful for me to share them with you!  From my heart, I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all the blessings of the holiday season!   Love and blessings,  Linda)