Ai Mystai (ai_mystai) wrote, @ 2003-03-26 17:59:00

Kyrene Ariadne March 26, 2003
As I go about my eight hour a day job, balance my checkbook, get an oil change for my car, or try to juggle numerous responsibilities, I'm frequently reminded that much of life is short, stressful, and filled with many things which are meaningless in the grand scheme of things.

I take my breaks to be alone with my thoughts and my gods when I can. My lunch hour, when it is pleasant outside, is used for meditative walks up and down a mile long street. I see and hear crows as I walk. They remind me that no matter where I am, what I am doing, or what I am thinking about, Apollon is always there with me.

Dionysos is with me too as I remember to take what moments I can to relax, let go of the day's concerns and stresses, and enjoy that which is beautiful. The trees are starting to look as if life is returning to them. I can smell the earth in the mild spring air.

Always remember that no matter how hectic the pace of life gets, there is always time and room for the gods, for spirituality, and for those quiet moments of relief in which the stress doesn't matter. It is not easy. It is never easy. There are bills to pay, a boss breathing down your neck about deadlines, a family to worry about, and a million and one concerns piling up on your lap and in your head. But there is always that room, that space in your head and heart where you can let it all go, and relax. People should make time for spirituality more, allow themselves even as much as five minutes a day to think about something meaningful to them--or nothing at all, to let it all go and fly off into the wind.

I try to tell myself this, too. :)

There is much that I myself am thankful for, whether I am in front of the computer or indoors. It is during those moments which I am mindful of and thankful for the presense of the gods that I can feel the sun's warmth and smell the fresh air, even if I am trapped indoors and in front of the computer most of the day.

May the gods find a way to send you that sunshine and fresh air--and may you find that time during the day to let them!

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