Death and life are mirrored in the garden during Samhain. As we harvest our final fruits of the growing season, we also harvest the tattered leaves and vegetation. In the compost pile, those vines and spent leaves will provide black gold by spring. The harvest, food for the kitchen.
Like the trees, we should shed our leaves for the winter and set our roots deeper in the truth of life.
The season lets us weigh the ephemeral moments of our day-to-day lives against the great weight of infinity. How should we be spending our time? What is important? What are our dreams for tomorrow? What regrowth is needed to make real the wisdom obtained from experience, or pain, or satisfaction?
Samhain should be a contemplative celebration of life. It is a simple thing, to breathe, to be alive. Use the season to be fully alive and ready for the rebirth that the long nights of winter can prepare us for.
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