Nov 01 2008
Samhain Reflections
Samhain for me, is a time of deep reflection. Some traditions see it as the New Year. It’s a time when we honour what came before but I see it also as a time to look to the future.
See, sometimes, death is hard for us. We want to hold on. We want to keep things with us that we remember as being good or beautiful. You’d think that a priest of the Queen of Death would recognize when something’s dead. You’d be wrong. Sometimes I hold onto the past and to things that no longer serve me because I just don’t see that they’ve died.
For me, this Samhain is a lot about looking around and recognizing what’s died, honouring it for what it was, grieving the loss of it and moving on with living life. It’s not an easy thing but I do believe its a necessary thing. I think some big changes will be coming in the new year. I think some people will be surprised by them. But I know that where I’ve strayed from my path, I will make a course correction and once my feet are firmly on the road, I won’t look back.
Blessings to all this Samhain and may you honour what has been, grieve what is lost and rejoice at what is to come.
