Blessed Equinox

Autumn Equinox is a time for thanksgiving in most traditions. Looking over the past year and finding things to be "thankful" for has been a difficult task for me. I often find the questions a lot more difficult than the answers. With that in mind, here's my gratitude list:

• friends, family and colleagues who are kind, caring, accepting and loving
• a place to live safely
  
• work that is meaningful, challenging and life-changing
• music, because without it the rest is silence

Autumn Equinox is also a time of separation, as Demeter says goodbye to her daughter Persephone, who now travels to spend six months in the Underworld. It is always more difficult to find faith in the midst of struggle, and this year I have struggled to find the faith I need to move forward in my life.

As Demeter struggles to accept loss, so too do I try to accept and grieve those things that have been lost to me. That which has died shall be reborn.

As Persephone struggles to accept change, so too do I try to accept and embrace those things that have been given to me. That which was separated shall be reunited.

Great is the wisdom of the Goddess
For She gives us our time of rest
And separation from the world's desires
That we may be refreshed and renewed once more
For all forms must die to be reborn
Now let the cutting crone fulfill her purpose

May the circle never be broken
May the earth always be whole
May the rattle ever be shaken
May the Goddess live in our souls

Blessed Be.

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All items in red are from Ariadne's Thread by Shekhinah Mountainwater.