Imbolc New Moon (Wild)
We have more snow. Not a lot, maybe a couple of inches. It makes the whiteness fresh.
Some folks have begun to complain that this winter has gone on too long and that this snow insults us. The weather is. It neither goes on too long, nor stops too soon. Our food may run out before the winter ends, but that’s our dilemma, not the weather’s. Our patience may wear out with weather too cold or too snowy or too icy, but the weather comes and it goes, our attitude toward it is what needs to change, not the weather. The weather may wreck our garden, ruin our crops, or give us bounty. Again, the weather causes rain, heat, drought, cool days and hot nights, what use we can make of them or what harm they may create for our horticulture or agriculture reflects our needs, not those of the planet’s air and water circulation systems.
Better for us to adapt ourselves to the changes, to find in our lives the place for adjustment. As Taoism teaches, we need to align ourselves with the movements of heaven. This is even true of our political work. We need to act politically in a way that utilizes the forces and realities of the moment rather than railing against their injustice or patting ourselves on the back for their justice. This too is aligning ourselves with the movements of heaven.
