Nov 8, 2008
Spiritually, just possibly the most powerful of all Sabbats has
just made its yearly visit to us here in the Northern
Hemisphere. So, what now?
The answer can be found in a term often used by athletes and their
coaches: follow-through. In baseball, it's what you do with
the bat after it encounters the ball. In football, it's what
your arm does after you release the ball. In golf, it's what
you do with the club after it hits the golf ball. Sometimes,
it seems as if follow-through is as important as anything else you
do. Quite often, it actually is!
We often make jokes about our more mundane friends and the
resolutions which they make at the mundane new year - and usually
break before February. Then again, they make the same jokes
about themselves. They make the resolution, but what's
next?
Like all Sabbats, this past Samhain will be with us until the next
Samhain. And while our mundane friends make their December
31st/January 1st resolutions to family, friends, the office water
cooler and the person filling their glass, we do more.
Samhain is a time for endings and beginnings. And so, we do
well to be a bit more serious.
And how to follow through? There are some basic principles,
and a few "rules" which seem to work for me. At any rate, at
the 2007 Samhain I once again resolved to end my smoking habit, and
it seems to be ended. At any rate, I am 11 months
smoke-free. I can't say that precisely what I did will work
for you, but it was follow-through and I share some thoughts on
follow-through.
We have some great things to build, and the building begins at
Samhain. And the follow-through continues through the
year.
Blessed Be!