Today

Today I am sad.  I suppose there are a multitude of circumstances contributing to or even justifying this, but the fact is, I am.

There was a time when I might have scolded or forbidden myself for allowing this emotion.  There was another time when I might have sunk into a place of depression and sorrow.

Today I just. . .am.

So I will let the sadness be what it will be, and as the rain falls outside in the darkening sky, I will gather my coat and shoes and walk outside, that the Goddess’s gift of purification may cleanse me as it blesses the ground beneath my feet.