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Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl)
Yup, need to practice that. If Katla also blows, "the Iceland volcano," will not be a sufficient name. Christine and i have been having fun listening to the occasional streaming news report and noticing the constant elision of the entire name.
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I really need to set a little time aside for myself and planning. My first season of my year ends with Beltane. I've felt the seasonal planning has been incredibly resonant this year with the sickness and depression of January and February stretching into March, the equinox making a shift towards healing.
I think back to one year when i was considering quitting my job: i gave myself a winter, when i let myself just say no to anything and everything and actively did not think about the "problem." Before the end of the period of rest i'd set aside, i had untangled the threads of the "problem." It seemed as if it solved itself: rested, the resolution was clear.
I didn't have that winter this year: instead it was a darker, deeper drain of energy. Spring has been a coming out of the dark, not like waking up rested, but literally recovering from illness, mental and physical. The recovery is happening. I've tried celebrating the recovery, but what i sense is that i have a grief of losing my way. I recognize that i believe i can manage my depression with more control than i really have. Framing it as "lost my way" creates a hook to hang guilt on: perhaps i should say i'm grieving that i didn't have my health go my way.
I suppose i should frame an intentional Beltane ritual around grief: fire to burn away symbols, flowers over the ashes (or , as i usually get a potted plant, ashes around the soil).
Yup, need to practice that. If Katla also blows, "the Iceland volcano," will not be a sufficient name. Christine and i have been having fun listening to the occasional streaming news report and noticing the constant elision of the entire name.
--==∞==--
I really need to set a little time aside for myself and planning. My first season of my year ends with Beltane. I've felt the seasonal planning has been incredibly resonant this year with the sickness and depression of January and February stretching into March, the equinox making a shift towards healing.
I think back to one year when i was considering quitting my job: i gave myself a winter, when i let myself just say no to anything and everything and actively did not think about the "problem." Before the end of the period of rest i'd set aside, i had untangled the threads of the "problem." It seemed as if it solved itself: rested, the resolution was clear.
I didn't have that winter this year: instead it was a darker, deeper drain of energy. Spring has been a coming out of the dark, not like waking up rested, but literally recovering from illness, mental and physical. The recovery is happening. I've tried celebrating the recovery, but what i sense is that i have a grief of losing my way. I recognize that i believe i can manage my depression with more control than i really have. Framing it as "lost my way" creates a hook to hang guilt on: perhaps i should say i'm grieving that i didn't have my health go my way.
I suppose i should frame an intentional Beltane ritual around grief: fire to burn away symbols, flowers over the ashes (or , as i usually get a potted plant, ashes around the soil).
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