THE WHEEL OF WINTER SOLSTICE - December 21st

Today is the official marking of MIDWINTER, known to be the shortest day (and longest night) of the year in the northern hemisphere. Solstice has origins in the Nordic word JUL that means wheel...it is the turning of seasons that points us in the direction of time, and SOLSTICE is revered as a time for inner renewal. It is an honoring of the darkness and preparation for LIGHT. The darkness is akin to the darkness that shelters a newly planted seed or hibernates a newborn idea, a bear of a problem or even a sleeping giant...Whatever is planted or asleep in your dreams, it's a time and opportunity for fostering hope and expectations of growth and renewal, wisdom and wonder. Winter Solstice is the beginning of a new solar year, often celebrated as the rebirth of the sun.

One of my favorite traditions for greeting the sun on this day is to ring bells at dawn. It awakens my senses and inspires my spirit with the hope of renewal for the coming year. Another way to reflect on the SOLSTICE of Winter is to simply light some candles---or just enjoy pictures of candlelight on Gary Woltal's blog about LIGHT. (Many of you know him already, but if you don't, you will always find a candle burning brightly on this blogspace.)

Tonight will also be a perfect evening for starting up the yule log, because this is a time of firelight and dreaming. While it's a busy, bustling time, it's really a time for relaxation and repose-itioning... to prepare ourselves for brighter light now, and a new beginning...if you are still... really, really, still for a moment, you might be able to feel the brink of a new beginning, sort of like that moment just before you open a present. Maybe a new beginning for you will include buying a first home or moving to a new one GLORY BE! to new beginnings, stirring our hibernating hopes from slumber... bringing them home.

In this season of LIGHT, may your joys be plentiful, and may every step of the year ahead be a journey of the heart, an enrichment of the spirit, bearing gifts of wisdom and PEACE.

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