Altars, Part I

I have a fire altar in my living room.

Living perched in a bird’s eye tree fort, on a house of cards with a questionable foundation, I forgo the ability to have a proper fireplace. But I can place my candles in a circle. I can light them at night and squint at their flicker in the darkness. I can still sigh and stare and relax with them at the end of a good day. Or I can drop my seething, my frustrations, off there and watch them burn up into smoke.

This post is inspired by the #365Altars Project from @whollyjeanne.

Comments

[Dragonfly]

Just like the flame of the candles burns out so will your frustration and anger to be replaced with inner peace!

[Tracy]

yes there is something so tranquil about candles... many of them lit at the same time. so therapeutic and peaceful.

[Roxanne]

Delicious... What a calming, purging, cleansing effect.

[Abigail]

Um -- love. Would that we all took time to create this kind of beauty, the outer kind that never fails to transform the inner.

[wholly jeanne]

everything about this post is peaceful, elegant, and beautiful, sugar. I ditto what everybody else has said here - double ditto Abigail. xo

[Michael]

Well, to me, this sounds like a magical place to live. To be so lucky.

[Noel]

@Dragonfly--I agree! Frustration always subsides. We have to remind ourselves of that in the moment.

@Roxanne--Purge is the perfect word. I feel like I've been trying to do a lot of that lately.

@Abigail--Thanks! It's something I always look forward to at the end of the day. I always have a stockpile of candles so I don't run out!

@wholly Jeanne--thank you for your words, and thank you for inspiring this fantastic project! I love #365altars!

@Michael--My apartment has it's quirks, like spotty water pressure and all kinds of friendly insect roommates, but the view from my sunroom is not to be beat. :)