A Happy Lammas / Lughnasadh to you!
“This is the beginning of the harvest time when the sun and the rains swell the seeds and ripen the fruits. Misty mornings and colder nights remind us that we have passed the longest day, and the cycle of the year is turning, as we dance on the edge between high summer and the edge of autumn…
It is a time when we can feel most alive, full of hope, rich with connection, friendships and community. But we can also feel lonely and vulnerable. This is a call to be honest and real about our feelings and not to stay isolated by them.
Sharing our feelings helps others to share theirs. It is a gift we give each other. Expressing our feelings helps us to flow and to see what we want to change and what we still need to work with. They are the new seeds of our future selves forming.
Traditionally Lammas is a celebration of the great gathering in of the grain harvest, stored throughout the winter to keep us in bread and grain products. They are also the seeds that will be sown in the spring and the seeds that will bring next year’s harvest…
Lammas encourages our generosity of spirit and reminds us to give thanks for all the abundance in our lives. The more we give from our hearts, the more returns to us – as all is connected and flowing parts of the whole.”
From Letting in the Wild Edges by Glennie Kindred
Chorlton Unitarians 