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Death and Rebirth
Nov. 2nd, 2005 08:23 amPagans believe that Halloween is the time of the death of the god. As such, the veil between worlds is thin. Its also a time of harvest. Its a time to reflect on what's happened, acknowledge that its going to get cold, things are going to stop growing (in the traditional way, rather than the symbolic way). Its time to hunker down for the long and cold winter but take comfort in the knowledge that we know rebirth will come in the spring. I think this is particularly significant in a place with weather as crazy as New England.
Related, there's been a lot of death around me lately. There's been the death of a friend's parent, another friend's marriage, another friends relationship. There's been the death of my Grandmother's independence and mind as she's diagnosed in the early stages of dementia and put into a nursing home. There's been the (apparent) death of my desire to do the clubbing thing on a regular basis. If you look around you you'll find a whole lot of death (literal or otherwise).
It can be tough to find value in these experiences, but I think they are what make us who we are. Its hard to embrace them, make sense of them and move on from them if they've knocked us down or if we're feeling alone. For my friends in this place right now, I'd like to share Sia's "Breathe Me" (lyrics behind cut). They've been playing it all over the radio lately and apparently it was the song played at the end of the season finale of Six Feet Under. I hadn't really caught the lyrics listening at work since there's a lot of hustle and bustle here. They are very simple, but very pretty given they simple piano based music in the background and the throaty way she sings it (and I think, appropriate for us all at this time of year). Be you the person that needs a friend right now or the one in a position to be one, please don't run from life in this time of darkness - embrace it.
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Related, there's been a lot of death around me lately. There's been the death of a friend's parent, another friend's marriage, another friends relationship. There's been the death of my Grandmother's independence and mind as she's diagnosed in the early stages of dementia and put into a nursing home. There's been the (apparent) death of my desire to do the clubbing thing on a regular basis. If you look around you you'll find a whole lot of death (literal or otherwise).
It can be tough to find value in these experiences, but I think they are what make us who we are. Its hard to embrace them, make sense of them and move on from them if they've knocked us down or if we're feeling alone. For my friends in this place right now, I'd like to share Sia's "Breathe Me" (lyrics behind cut). They've been playing it all over the radio lately and apparently it was the song played at the end of the season finale of Six Feet Under. I hadn't really caught the lyrics listening at work since there's a lot of hustle and bustle here. They are very simple, but very pretty given they simple piano based music in the background and the throaty way she sings it (and I think, appropriate for us all at this time of year). Be you the person that needs a friend right now or the one in a position to be one, please don't run from life in this time of darkness - embrace it.
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