A Witch’s View
Lyn Thurman April 1st, 2010
With a husband, 3 kids and a business to run I sometimes struggle to find the time to connect with life on a spiritual level. As a solitary witch I have to rely on myself to make time to celebrate the Sabbats and Esbats – it’s not like going to church every Sunday (whether you want to or not!). Often my celebrations don’t register anywhere near on the grand scale. But, you know, that’s ok.
I think sometimes we get caught up in the ‘more is more’ way of thinking even when it comes to our Pagan holidays.
Usually to honour the Sabbats I perform a candle ritual and make a cake to share with my family. Sometimes they’re more elaborate especially at Samhain which is my favourite time of the year but generally I keep them simple. During the day I ponder on the ever changing wheel of life and look forward to the time ahead. I’m mindful and that I think is the essence of celebration.
I’ve always been instinctively pulled towards the full moon and I have my own monthly ritual to honour the beautiful Luna. Each month I try to capture her essence in my photography. I stand alone in the garden and spend time admiring her beauty through my lens. It’s a very personal time for me and even if it’s freezing cold I look forward to taking this time when I feel at one with the Goddess.
Obviously everyday should be a celebration of life and not just saved up for the Sabbats but this is often overlooked in the hustle and bustle of daily life. For me candles are extremely important in my daily thankfulness. If nothing else I can sit down to work, or relax after the day, light a candle and as I do so give thanks to the Universe.
There are other little things I do during the day which reminds me of my spiritual path and the beauty of life. I open the curtains and greet the sun (or rain). I talk to my plants, I’m thankful for my food and I stand outside to admire the stars. It’s all about taking a few seconds and remembering instead of getting swamped down in laundry, meetings and the eternal cycle of food preparation and clean up!
How do you bring the spiritual into your busy life? Do you struggle to make the time sometimes or do you have it all figured out? Leave a comment and share 
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Hi Lynn
I was very interested in this article and saw myself in it. I also honour sabbats and esbats in a small way by candles or a few minutes quiet meditation. I usually make a bit of time to clean and change the theme of my altar.
I used to worry that what I do isn’t enough but these days I think my small acknowledgement is seen and heard just as much as if I had done a full scale ritual.
What is in our hearts and minds can change the world.
love kate x
This article that you wrote was a perfect picture of me. I have three small chidren and work evening so that I may care for my young family during the day while my husband works. I have time for simple things like watching the sun rise in the morning, lighting a candle when I need to be thank deities or looking at the moon when I drive home from the hospital. I try to sepend a few minutes if I can outside listening to the sounds of the world (even if it means I am hanging laundry on the line).
My belief is that as a solitary I am making a change in my world, even being the smallest of offering or moments that I am on the right path and that my small changes will lead in the end to larger family changes. I am attempting to raise my children in a nature centered manner that I hope will bloosom to the same direction as their mother, but that will be in time told. With my kids I discuss nature, respect of the goddess and god and appreciation to what the earth has given us. We cook, sew, star and moon gaze having what we call “Moon Parties” and garden…
BB
Annalisa
Merry Meet Lynn,
I m also a solitary who had the same worrries, then it occured to me that along with my small sabbat and esbat acknowledments, I could start my own “better than you found it” tradition. Since then I notice those random pieces of paper in the parking lot and pick them up, I keep the empty lots around my home clean of trash, etc. In these ways I feel I am showing the Mother and the elementals that I care for their welfare. Past that I don’t think the kind of esbat I have means quite as much.
Brightest Blessings,
Rayneschild