You know that moment when ( Read more... )

Some people simply have no capacity to see things outside of themselves. No desire to help themselves, or even begin to help themselves and expect others to do the helping for them. Some people are unwilling (and at this point I believe it is unwilling and not unable) to let go of the past, because, well that would mean taking responsibility for ( Read more... )

I am ending the day on a sour note. Someone very dear to me crossed a line today, and I don't just mean put their pinky toenail across it, I mean took a big fat honking step over it and then kicked me in the privates with the other foot ( Read more... )

May earth, goddess of all creation,
mother of all that is and will be,
may she give us a great land.

May earth, with her mountains and plains,
her slopes and her peaks, may she open
herself to our needs.

May earth, with her rivers and waters,
may she give us enough to drink.
May she pour herself upon us.--Hindu hymn to goddess of earth, Atharva ( Read more... )

We have been rambling through the night,
until the break of day;
and now we have come back again,
and bring this garland gay.

We bring this garland gay to you,
as at your door we stand;
it is a sprout well budded out,
from he touch of her sweet hand.

--Folksong from Berkshire, England

Similarly, there is that within each of us that buds and ( Read more... )

O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the angels, Queen of the May.
O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today,
Queen of the angels, Queen of the May.

--Catholic song to the Virgin on May Day

With the coming of Christianity, the old festival was discouraged, especially in the light of its highly sexual content... But the ancient ( Read more... )

Too much love can ruin us.
But if you come with grace, dear goddess,
there is nothing so sweet and pleasing.

Let me be wise in love!
It is your best gift, mighty goddess,
unerring archer of desire.

Let my love be gentle.
Let there be no war of words, dear one,
or relentless anger in my bed.

--Greek dramatist Euripides, Medea

Love, the joining ( Read more... )

Goddess, we know you by so many names ( Read more... )

This is how nature, our mother, acts toward us ( Read more... )

We kneel before her, because she is kind and terrible ( Read more... )