Sunday, July 17, 2011

Pagan Preacher: The Time of Ripening

(from Dyffd ap Tower)

Here we are in the middle of the year, between the Planting and the Harvest, between the conception and the realization. Here are in the midst of Life. Let us take one day to celebrate and then get back to work.

These are the golden days. Golden because of the presence of the Sun and golden because we have a goal to work toward. This is the best of times.

Now one might ask, What’s so good about it? Here are right in the middle of things, there’s lots to do and so far there has been no payoff.

The “payoff” is not just in the rewards that come with accomplishment, it is also in the experience and the effort.

In our conversation is more worthwhile to talk about what we are doing or what we have been doing rather than what we have. How we got something sounds so much better than what we have got.


The truly creative person loses all interest in what has been done and turns their mind to what is being done or will be done.

The value comes from seeing what needs to be done and liking what we do to reach that goal. If you see a need to drain the swamp, it is worthwhile to not only get in with the alligators, but to like it as well.

So here we are in the middle of Life, and all the things to do that we must to maintain Life and we must appreciate the need to do them.

As mundane as some of these things are, they are important and they are what makes the quality of our lives. Let us enjoy the experience.

IT DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!