EXCERPT: “The Hardest Working Day, the Way the Words Work, & More Sides of the Story” May 1, 2024
Posted by ajoyfulpractice in Changing Perspectives, Donate, Faith, Healing Stories, Hope, Karma Yoga, Lent / Great Lent, Music, One Hoop, Religion, Riḍván, Suffering, Tragedy, Volunteer, Wisdom, Yoga.Tags: Beltane, Feast Day of Saint Joseph the Worker, Haymarket affair, India.Arie, International Workers' Day, Joyce Simpson, Labour Day, Law Day, Loyalty Day, May Day, Nick Trevisick, Riḍván, Robin Roberts
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Many blessings to everyone, and especially to anyone observing Great Lent on Great Wednesday, Beltane, International Workers’ Day, Law Day and Loyalty Day (in the US), and/or the Feast Day of Saint Joseph the Worker! “Happy Riḍván!” to those celebrating “the Most Great Festival.”
“Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes new dreams new ways
I open up my heart and
I’m gonna do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day”
— quoted from the song “Beautiful Day” by India.Arie (written by Nick Trevisick / India Arie / Joyce Simpson / Robin Roberts)
The following excerpt is from a 2022 repost:
“I often refer to May 1st as ‘the hardest working on the calendar,’ because it seems like everyone wants a piece of it. There are so many different things that happen on this day. People in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate May Day, a celebration of Spring — which is a descendant of Beltane, a Gaelic and pagan holiday to mark the beginning of ‘pastoral’ summer. It’s also International Workers’ Day (and very close to the May 4th anniversary of the Haymarket affair). In the United States it is both Law Day and Loyalty Day. Finally, it is the Feast Day of Saint Joseph the Worker within the Roman Catholic tradition.”
In 2024, it is also the final day of Riḍván, ‘the Most Great Festival,’ in the Baháʼí Faith.
FTWMI: The Hardest Working Day, the Way the Words Work, & More Sides of the Story
Please join me today (Wednesday, May 1st) at 4:30 PM or 7:15 PM for a yoga practice on Zoom. You can use the link from the “Class Schedules” calendar if you run into any problems checking into the class. You can request an audio recording of this practice via a comment below or (for a slightly faster reply) you can email myra (at) ajoyfulpractice.com.
Wednesday’s playlist is available on YouTube and Spotify. [Look for “05012021 The Hardest Working Day”]
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