Blessed Beltane 5.1.2023

How do we purify?

What does it mean to cleanse

knowing that the human experience

will always be there insisting we get our fingernails dirty the next day?

To cleanse takes courage.

Sometimes we cleanse our house with a new lavender candle and sunflowers.

Sometimes we cleanse our nervous system by turning off our phones and watching the sunset.

Sometimes we cleanse our anxiety with the help of a dedicated professional.

There are no limits to ways we show up to purify ourselves.

Only May’s sweet reminder that our own decay and hidden parts of self

are actually what helps us to emerge anew,

victorious like the arrival of Spring.