Merry first day of winter!
The crisp air and pale sky struck with crystal sun… the sense of cleanliness and clarity after a snowfall.
The long cold days of winter are hard on me, but I must admit I do love the season.
Most of us forget that the reason we celebrate the “holidays” when we do is because they all (all the holidays we celebrate at this time of year) represent the “coming of the light.”
We are entering into a period of cold and hibernation, but we are also moving into the brighter half of the year… and that starts today, on the longest day. It’s all downhill from here, as they say.
So although we usually wait until New Year’s Day to make our resolutions, there’s no better time than now to begin bringing light into those darker places, and start thinking about what we want to grow there. And since it’s all about longer days and more light (and yes, warmer weather, at least eventually) why not think about what you would like to bring in spiritually (or energetically if you prefer).
As the days grow longer, as slowly as they do, let that intention grow too. Throw yourself into your physical resolution on January 1st if you feel the need, but let your spiritual resolution grow slowly with the time, and let us go into the holidays knowing that what follows is a period of hibernation during which the light both outside and inside us will continue to grow.
Please share what you will be bringing in energetically this year, or any stories about how the longest days of the year has brought light to you now in the past.
Enjoy the darkness, for it too shall pass!
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