Cleansing

Today it rained. Not snow or ice-but a real rain-a very cold rain at 33 degrees F. Just one point above freezing. Still it was rain. 17 days past mid-winter the world starts to prepare for spring by cleansing with water and fire. Here in Kansas it is literal with spring rains and the burning of the fields. Makes me think of Imbolc and Bridgit and of course Jesus. We are ourselves cleansed with water and fire. I love cycles. And wonder about other places. The desert. The artic. The jungle. How the wheel of the year is presented to them, what lessons they draw from the cycles around them. Life, death, renewal. Wouldn't those be important lessons? A real reason to travel. May my life be strong, may I dream great dreams, may I learn and deepen.