Hey guys, I hope you all had a wonderful Imbolc! While I was too busy (and exhausted) to do anything special for it (including posting something, unfortunately) I did think about it all day. I thought a lot on the aspects of Brigit and how she is a trifold goddess that encompasses strength, inspiration and motherly love. She is a forge master, and combined with being an excellent muse that indicates that she can be very helpful to authors, poets and other wordsmiths.
Imbolc is a time to reach down into the (mostly frozen, at least where I live) earth and feel the budding excitement of the seeds as life begins to stir beneath the snowy soil. Temperatures will soon give way to life-giving warmth, and the sun continues to regain its hold over the length of the day until midsummer. Days are getting longer, morning commutes brighter, and the bitter cold of winter is fast fading. Now and all through spring we open ourselves up to new endeavors, new hopes, new dreams. We plan for the brighter, warmer future, not just of his year but of our lives, and our new found zeal conjures up fantastical images of the days to come. This is the time to plan new excursions into learning, to do a little spring cleaning not only of our home but our minds as well in order to prepare for all the new adventures and opportunities opening up. We have contemplated ourselves through the time of Yule, and now we cast away what we no longer need or what is merely distracting us from better things. We send out tendrils of anticipation all around us, waiting for the time to shed our coats and spend more time outdoors; the time to stop and smell the roses. As we look forward to Ostara, think about clearing away the clutter of your life. Is there someone who you should devote more attention to? Your daughter, your grandparents, your siblings? Is there something you've wanted to do for yourself but haven;t had to time to yet? Now is when you should plan to do these things, mapping out how and when to get the done. Bake some cookies for your neighbors, surprise a friend, go see a chick flick, whatever it is that will provide you with serenity, clarity of mind and joy.
"...And now for something completely different" -Monty Python
I'm going to start posting a picture-quote from day to day, so to get things started off...
( ^^^ I too laugh at the '2st', but it is a nice picture)
Imbolc is a time to reach down into the (mostly frozen, at least where I live) earth and feel the budding excitement of the seeds as life begins to stir beneath the snowy soil. Temperatures will soon give way to life-giving warmth, and the sun continues to regain its hold over the length of the day until midsummer. Days are getting longer, morning commutes brighter, and the bitter cold of winter is fast fading. Now and all through spring we open ourselves up to new endeavors, new hopes, new dreams. We plan for the brighter, warmer future, not just of his year but of our lives, and our new found zeal conjures up fantastical images of the days to come. This is the time to plan new excursions into learning, to do a little spring cleaning not only of our home but our minds as well in order to prepare for all the new adventures and opportunities opening up. We have contemplated ourselves through the time of Yule, and now we cast away what we no longer need or what is merely distracting us from better things. We send out tendrils of anticipation all around us, waiting for the time to shed our coats and spend more time outdoors; the time to stop and smell the roses. As we look forward to Ostara, think about clearing away the clutter of your life. Is there someone who you should devote more attention to? Your daughter, your grandparents, your siblings? Is there something you've wanted to do for yourself but haven;t had to time to yet? Now is when you should plan to do these things, mapping out how and when to get the done. Bake some cookies for your neighbors, surprise a friend, go see a chick flick, whatever it is that will provide you with serenity, clarity of mind and joy.
"...And now for something completely different" -Monty Python
I'm going to start posting a picture-quote from day to day, so to get things started off...
The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.
-Katherine Mansfield
As always, blessed be and have a wonderful day, week, month, year, and life!
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