Ways to Love a River

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. - Khalil Gibran

We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not; what walls ride over the river, we know not. Ah, well! we may conjecture many things.  - John Wesley Powell

The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters. - Norman Maclean 

 I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, 

                                              as I go walking along the same river. - Zhuangzi

                                                                                                                                 

Challenge Your Difficulties

"Difficulties illuminate experience, says writer, Tom Robbins. He adds, "But they must be fresh and of high quality."

Round up your riddles. Write your difficulties and dilemmas. 

Make certain they feel fresh and of high quality.

Outgrow and escape old problems with creativity.

Play with poor choices and choose different outcomes. 

Notice how difficulties revise into possibilities as they provide insights.

Celebrate May Day!

May lst incorporates traditions from the Gaelic Beltane celebrated with feasts and rituals. The name means fire of Bel; Belinos being one name for the Sun God, whose coronation feast is celebrated. The plant world blossoms and an exuberant mood prevails. 

In the old Celtic times, young people would spend the entire night in the woods "A-Maying," and then dance around the Maypole the next morning. May morning brings a magical time for wild water (dew, flowing streams, and springs) collected and used to bathe in for beauty, or to drink for health.

Many Celtics would rise at the first light of dawn to gather flowers and branches to decorate their homes. Women braided flowers into their hair. Beltane marks the return of vitality, of passion. 

Celebrate May Day near a water source.

Go for a walk in a forest setting.

Search for water sprints and fairies. 

Gather plants or flowers to display in your home.

        Enjoy fantasies.

             Create stories about the natural world. 

Benefit from the magic in the air.