Beltane is the Celtic name for the holiday midway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice, in some cultures celebrated as the beginning of summer. The rituals of the day are meant to celebrate and bring forth growth, fertility, vitality, joy, and passion.
How can you encourage growth around you today?
“In honor of the risk takers, those that hold the vision with clarity and charge forward with optimism even in the face of others’ doubts. You are our lamp lighters and our guides; may we never forget the courage it takes to lead the way forward.”
-Amanda Schuber
Who are the risk-takers who inspire you today?
“Let us celebrate together in love;
that as we travel away, we take with us
the memory of golden hours together among the flowers.”
-Elizabeth M. Strong
Whose memory do you hold close to your heart today?
“The Akan tribe in Ghana has a word, Sankofa, symbolized by a bird with its head turned around to take an egg from its back. The Sankofa heron illustrates a Twi proverb: se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi. Translated, it says, “It is no sin to go back and fetch what you have forgotten.” I’ve adopted the practice of spiritual reconnection with my ancestors to heal intergenerational trauma….” -Jabari S. Jones
What have your ancestors left for you to go back and reclaim?
“Forgiveness is connected to memory and time. It asks us to engage our feelings about something in the past in order to change our experience in the present, and move into the future. Forgiveness is an act of vulnerability – both from the one seeking forgiveness and the one offering it – as it reveals the risks of trying to love in an imperfect world.”
-Gretchen Haley
Take a risk of forgiveness.
