[MR] Happy Æthelmearc Day

[Marie Stewart]

Happy Æthelmearc Day to all.  Go wash a dish or make a friend or learn
someone's name and use it. Play Lego with a child, take a class, make
something pretty to wear, or ride along with a friend and see things from a
new perspective.

A similar post got me thinking.  And I've lived in MANY kingdoms,  at many
times in my life.  And I have no doubt that my life influenced how I saw,
 and played in each Kingdom.  For example...  the first time I lived in
Atlantia it seemed to me a very brash young Kingdom,  and it was the
fighters and the prowess of our armies that seemed to be the lens through
which I saw the Kingdom.   The West, seemed a very relaxed and still
energetic place.  My second time in Atlantia the Kingdom seemed troubled,
 and at this time in my life I was facing many questions and so was the
Kingdom,  Do we split into North and South?  What do we do with that
political mess in X ?  How do we handle the mess created by Person X?
There was tension and faction everywhere.   And Æthelmearc after that.   The
place where I got my life in order,  where I found healing among a Kingdom
of people who focused on Service,  to the Kingdom, to the individual.  And
for that,  I think Æthelmearc will always hold the most special place in my
heart.  It was where I found myself and learned to look outward.  So, now
I'm back in Atlantia,  and I'm wondering what will I find.  And I think the
answer relies very much on what I seek.

So,  how have your perceptions of your Kingdom changed as you have changed?


Happy Æthelmearc Day, ya'll.