This Midsummer, I’m focusing on a primary mystery of Brighid–the “fire on water,” or, more specifically, “sunlight on water,” as a manifestation of that mystery.
As I focus on my creativity, on my spirituality and my emotional and physical well-being, I adopt the image of a river, sparkling with sunlight, to help me maintain the flow of physical and emotional energy (water) and the spark and energy of creativity and spirituality (fire) in my life. I feel like I’ve been doing very well in myself lately, and I want to maintain that, and not get drained or burned out (double puns, sorry).
So, after I did a small ritual to help me maintain that energy and spark that creativity, I wrote this poem:
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I devoted this shift in large part to healing myself, my energy, and to learning to take better care of myself. Gods know I need it!!! I did some work on my energy, and then I spent some time writing in my long neglected journal.
Inspiration struck, and I found a journal that my dad had given me…blank unlined pages…and a pen. I had left them, wrapped, in my closet. I had been meaning to start a quote journal. So here it is! I have not started it yet, but I will soon.
This evening I went looking for Native American artifacts. We didn’t find any, but we did find an AMAZING place. A stream, worn, and weathered rocks, so beautiful. Deep, carved pools. Next time we go there I’m taking my camera.
