Tonight is All Hallows Eve or
Halloween, the evening before Samhain. My last two posts were about my
intention to look into my fears and anxieties. So for today I've asked the
question, what will help me to face my fears. And I pulled The Ghost of the Pumpkin Patch from the Oracle of Shadows and Light.
The Ghost of the Pumpkin Patch Speaks:
“Something that
is a blessing is being overlooked. It appears cloaked and seems almost
invisible to you. You must stand in your field – that is to say, your life –
and look around you, and see all that has been given to you again, and give
thanks for it. You are forgetting how much you truly have, and how much you
will have again, and again. My time is the harvest: it is now your time to
bring in, or harvest, the joy and love of what you have so much of, and share
your abundance.”
When you want to face you fears it is wise to first
count your blessings. This will give you lots of security and strength for your
inner journey. Life is not always as bad and scary as it seems. Skeletons in
the closet are a lot smaller than the sound of their rattling bones might suggest.
Spiders in the attic? Humbug, Monsters in the cellar might be just brooms and
boxes when you are supported by the joy of your blessings
I've written a
lot about the practice of gratitude and this card is a reminder to uphold this
practice when dealing with the harder parts of life
Count your
blessings and don’t take anything for granted. Count until there is
nothing left to count, not even the smallest little squash in the corner
of your patch.
Happy Halloween and Samhain!
