We have hit the time of year where green is everywhere; things are sprouting, growing, expanding all around us. The heartbeat of the Earth seems to pulsate with life and joy; can you see it, feel it? For many of us, this is the time where we hit our stride energetically and are often out and about more making plans for gardens, summer vacations, and so on. However, in these uncertain times with all its economic and social disruptions, we feel out of sync somehow with the rhythms that are calling all around us. We feel the call of the Earth to come out and dance and celebrate the return of life, but we are afraid and have been required to shelter within our homes, our rooms, ourselves in order to save life. Not having enough money for rent, food, the needs of our families is keeping many of us up at night and the insecurity eats at all our souls. We can feel the energy of scared and angry people trying to overtake the energy of growth and change and there has to be ways we can help to lessen this stress. Beltane is at its heart a celebration of life and joy and the ability to grow and change over and over again! So today, just for a little while, let’s tap into that Earth energy and magnify it the best we can and send it out to our neighborhoods, our communities, the world around us so all of us can feel less alone, less forgotten, less valued in the midst of this mess. Go outside and stand in your backyard if you have one or go out onto your porch or even just open a window and feel the air moving around and through you. Make sure you keep yourself safe,but connect with the roots of the Earth energy that are thrumming and stretching outwards. Draw that energy up into yourself and let the slow, steady heartbeat of the land calm and center your own soul first. Enjoy the peace that this can create for you. Now take a few minutes and just breath in the energy and with every outward breath send that energy swirling out from you to the piece of the world where you are. Know that this calmness is spreading throughout and is reaching someone who needs it right now, right this minute, to get through until their next breath. Know that you are capable of impacting the world in some small way. You cannot control the big picture, but that you can create a small oasis to celebrate life today! Thank the Earth energy for sharing its gifts with you and go inside and stay safe. Remember you can access this energy whenever you need calm or continue on a daily or evenly hourly basis to send this energy out into the world to share with others.