#festivities

Nocturne in Black and Gold - The Falling Rocket

James Whistler, 1877

It doesn't make you any less of a pagan to not celebrate the sabbats, slash any other pagan holidays. Sometimes you just don't have the time, don't have the energy or just can't out of any other reasons. Especially during this european heatwave currently, if you weren't able to celebrate Litha to it's fullest, no one will judge you for it!

I, too, had a hard time coping with it. When work calls, 8 hours a day without an AC, too busy to prepare, you just feel completely powered out. Even for a three-day festival, it can be hard to find the motivation. However, what matters the most are always your intentions.

Low effort celebrations can be done. Just soak up the sunlight, appreciate the day, eat sabbat related food, think of accomplishments, think of what we honor or just wear sabbat related colors. There are many ways to celebrate, without actually bodily participating.

Life happens, work happens or sometimes there is just no strength for anything and that's fine. You're still a pagan, you still have your beliefs and you aren't a bad example of one. 🌞

Peasant Dance

Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch, c. 1525/30-1569)

Date: ca. 1568

Medium: Oil on oak wood