Sowing and reaping
Aug. 2nd, 2021 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennyaxeToday we celebrated Lammas, commonly seen as a harvest festival. It was the first time the whole coven met up since Covid started.
So I've been thinking a lot about harvest, and about reaping what you sow.
What we harvest today is what was sown in our past. The wheat on the nearby field was sown in the spring, the apples ripening on the tree outside my window were pollinated in May. And what we sow now will grow later on. That's the essence of the three-fold law - all we do comes back to us, three times over.
I'd like to extend that law, in a positive way. It's one thing to say "I'll do something good now and it'll come back to me in the future". But what if we also say "someone did me a good turn, so I'll do the same three times over"?
"Someone left me their parking ticket with an hour's parking still to go. I'll do the same for three other people."
"Someone gave me a seat on the bus when I was really tired. I'll do the same when I'm able to stand, for three other people."
"Someone lent me money when I was broke. I'll do the same, for three other people."
"Someone helped me with a place to stay when I needed it. I'll do the same, for three other people."
What we sow, we reap. What good other people sow, let yet others reap. Three times over.
So I've been thinking a lot about harvest, and about reaping what you sow.
What we harvest today is what was sown in our past. The wheat on the nearby field was sown in the spring, the apples ripening on the tree outside my window were pollinated in May. And what we sow now will grow later on. That's the essence of the three-fold law - all we do comes back to us, three times over.
I'd like to extend that law, in a positive way. It's one thing to say "I'll do something good now and it'll come back to me in the future". But what if we also say "someone did me a good turn, so I'll do the same three times over"?
"Someone left me their parking ticket with an hour's parking still to go. I'll do the same for three other people."
"Someone gave me a seat on the bus when I was really tired. I'll do the same when I'm able to stand, for three other people."
"Someone lent me money when I was broke. I'll do the same, for three other people."
"Someone helped me with a place to stay when I needed it. I'll do the same, for three other people."
What we sow, we reap. What good other people sow, let yet others reap. Three times over.
