Snow!
The beauty of Winter Solstice is courage in itself. It is the courage to know that to be new is not necessarily going to be accepted by those expecting the commonplace. … a new you is ready … that will carry you through the new cycle. … Solstice is the time when you give up what you have and accept what is being born as the new power within you, the awareness within you, the new person within you. Gregge Tiffen (Winter Solstice: The Christmas Story)
As I ease into the quiet of Solstice Eve and Solstice Day, I begin to contemplate what of the old needs to fall away, and I start to imagine who might I be in this new cycle. As I sit in the early morning quiet, my prayer for this sacred day when Heaven and Nature sing in harmony and for the cycle ahead begins to emerge…
May I let go of whatever stories of separation remain a part of me so that I can live more fully into the truth of Oneness.
May my critical eye be only a tool for discernment, not judgements of others.
May I grow in my capacity to act from compassion, calling forth compassion first, releasing judgement and doubt, and recognizing where compassion is needed.
May I listen deeply to my heart, to others, to Nature, and to guidance from Spirit.
May I have the maturity to live in the kind of peaceful world that I desire.
May I let go of childish ways and embrace all life with child-like wonder.
May I know peace and may I BE peace in my walk through our chaotic world.
May you find moments of peace in the midst of the world’s noise and busyness to release the old and step into your creation of the new. I appreciate these wise words from Max Ehrmann, penned in 1927, which seems so relevant almost 100 years later (listen here).
Nestled in the Snow …