Beth's
Ponderings
Sometimes life just
falls completely apart...the rug is swept out from under your feet...every door
(and window) slams shut in your face...every day seems dark and grey...the
answers you need, and seek, are elusive...support structures disappear...nothing
appears to go right as you feel like you are going backwards faster than you
are going forwards.
No matter how hard
you try, or what you do, to fix the situation or make changes, nothing works,
and it seems that you are left worse off than you were before.
It was in troubled
times like those, that the Ancient Celts turned to the Goddess Danu.
Danu is, among
other things, the Goddess who assured the people that even in the dead of
winter, when it looked like there was no sign of life, spring would return and
with it new life and new growth. Also,
she comforted the farmers by reminding them that a fallowed field was not dead
and barren, but preparing itself to nurture the bounty of the next crop. Despite the evidence they could see with
their eyes, and could feel, Danu reminded them that those conditions were
temporary, and the situation would turn around again in the future.
When you are smack-dab
in the midst of life’s dramas and turmoil, it’s hard to remember that life goes
in cycles, and that you have made it safely and successfully through other
upheavals before. While the climb up the
mountain may seem never-ending, one day you will reach the top and can coast
down the other side.
Just as Danu
comforted the Ancient Celts, she reminds us more modern souls that the sun will
come out from behind the dark clouds again, that no winter lasts forever, and
spring will return, and with it, new substance for our minds, bodies, hearts
and souls.
Beth
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