Last night I had a Bardic Circle at my home; a sort-of ritual in which performance is given as an offering to the goddess Brigid.
Some of the things that were offered: Songs, jokes, storytelling, poetry reading, drumming, paintings (three) and ball handling.
We closed by asking Brigid for specific gifts of creativity in the upcoming year. The prayers expressed in that moment are worth meditating on today. I am inspired (ha) to present this in the form of a prayer to Brigid, but feel free to use it as a source of meditation instead.
My mind is on that which I create.
O Brigid, keep my creativity fresh.
Let each creative moment feel new to me.
This is not routine, this is not ordinary.
This is my beginning and my pouring forth.
Allow me to remember the furtive moment when I created because I simply had to
The doodling in a classroom or meeting when I was supposed to be taking notes or paying attention
Allow me to recall the feeling that creativity simply has to happen.
Bring to me that fire that must burst forth
I know that feeling, that fire
Allow me to feel it now.
And more than that, O Brigid, bring to me the energy to work
I will not stop, my Lady, at a burst of creativity
Through your blessing I will follow through and finish the work
I am focused and energized by your creative fires
I am able to sustain the creative flow through to the end,
and experience the joyous satisfaction of completed work
Brigid, you are goddess of creativity and goddess of the forge
Because to create in the head and to build with the hands must come together
Bless me with the fire in the head that builds with the hands.
Thank you. Blessed be.
