It was my birthday last week. I turned 43. My birthday always coincides with Lughnasa, the festival of the harvest in ancient Celtic Spirituality. The ritual of harvest can offer a moment to personally reflect on what seeds you have planted in life that are ripe for harvest. This year, I had a sense of a bigger harvest in my life. The word that kept coming to me was ‘identity’; 2022 has been my year to harvest the person I have worked to become in the last 5 years. After intentionally allowing my identity to feel more fluid as I navigated change, this year I could feel the desire to become more rooted in myself, to commit more firmly to myself, my choices, my voice in the world, to who I am. Out for a walk on my birthday last week, I felt like I had arrived in myself.
Harvesting Identity In Life
Harvesting Identity In Life
Harvesting Identity In Life
It was my birthday last week. I turned 43. My birthday always coincides with Lughnasa, the festival of the harvest in ancient Celtic Spirituality. The ritual of harvest can offer a moment to personally reflect on what seeds you have planted in life that are ripe for harvest. This year, I had a sense of a bigger harvest in my life. The word that kept coming to me was ‘identity’; 2022 has been my year to harvest the person I have worked to become in the last 5 years. After intentionally allowing my identity to feel more fluid as I navigated change, this year I could feel the desire to become more rooted in myself, to commit more firmly to myself, my choices, my voice in the world, to who I am. Out for a walk on my birthday last week, I felt like I had arrived in myself.