Deoch Mass 11-21-2018

It is a pleasure to stand here, giving praise to Deoch once again. Thank you all for joining me.

It is around this time in the cycle that I start to think about our rebirth. Aside from those few born as Asilings from Aisling parents, the majority of us lived lives as Mundanes before the Spark was gifted to us. Not to insult my Mundane acquaintances *motions toward the temple attendant*, but that life was one of singular focus and purpose. It is the life of a straight line, where variation is an aberration. It is a simple life where one can be quite content, indeed, but yet, it is just that... a simple life.

When we were given the Aisling Spark, we were reborn anew into a different kind of life. A life of color where there had previously only been black and white; a life where imagination not only exists in our hearts... it becomes the driver for our daily lives.

Think back to when you first opened your eyes as an Aisling. Do you remember how vivid the world seemed to you? Can you recall how it felt to have your mind open to possibilities you had never considered before? What did you first do when you stepped out into the light on that first day? I distinctly remember stumbling my way through Mileth, my senses overloaded in my new form. In those first breaths as an Aisling, there were times when I almost fell over and closed my eyes to these new sensations, but someone caught me during my stumbles and showed me all the possibilities now ahead of me. He would go on to become my mentor: Casiell.

Aisling rebirth can be a confusing a difficult time. So many questions and thoughts in your mind that had never been there before. Luckily for me, I found someone willing to show me what it means to be an Aisling. And here I am, a century and a half later, still walking Temuair.

Although it is much more rare now, remember that there are still new Sparks being reborn that could use someone to show them what it means to be an Aisling. If you happen walk by one, offer them your hand, be their guiding light in that confusing time. Remember, the future of this world will reflect upon what we have sown in the next generation. It is by the grace of our mentors that we are even here today as a community, we must pay our mentors back in kind by doing the same to others and continuing on the legacy of Aisling kind.

Go forward and spread the word of Deoch. Mass is cast.


(remarks as written, not as delivered)