This past Sunday was the Imbolc/Brighnasa/Candlemas ritual for the CUUPs group I'm involved with. As part of the ritual we did a guided meditation and during that time The Morrigan stopped by for a short visit, wherein she imparted the above little tidbit to me.
The Morrigan and I go back a ways to the time when I was nursing a very broken heart and spirit after a horrific breakup. I was figuring out all the ways in which he (the former boyfriend) had emotionally and mentally abused me during our time together and was just....wrung out. I was at a large reenactment and walking rather aimlessly through the shopping and I wandered into a stall where they had all kinds of stuff, including this statue of a powerful looking woman with a shield and spear with her face turned up defiantly and I had it in my hands before I really knew what I was doing. I eyed the other statues for sale, especially the one of Brigid in her three forms around a cauldron but a voice in my head said that no, I needed the one I picked up. I bought it without knowing anything about it other than that I needed it, and that is how The Morrigan and I became acquainted. She's had my back ever since.
Yes, she's portrayed as a bit of a handful. She's not necessarily kind, gentle and loving but she's ALWAYS honest and she'll call me on my shit. She also wears totally hot leather pants and that biker jacket I've coveted for years but just doesn't look right on me no matter what I do. The Morrigan reminds me to give my inner badass some time in the light.
So, while I was on my little journey and thinking about my year of health and how I was going to weave that into and around my life, The Morrigan shows up. She was all "Yeah, weaving's nice but....you need to kick some ass too."
And then she said "Remember when women were the warriors" which is TOTALLY something she would say, right?
I am keeping this in mind as I am heading to the gym and any time I feel my energy flagging in the middle of a workout it pushes me onward. I am remembering how strong my body is and how awesome I feel after pushing myself through another hour of movement. That little phrase is keeping me determined and moving forward with my physical goals for health.
Not to mention making me feel like a badass while I'm in the middle of my day.
"I am my mother's savage daughter/ the one who runs barefoot cursing sharp stones."
-from the song "My Mother's Savage Daughter"
by Mistress Windreth Bergensdottir
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