December 20, 2024

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Maya Angelou

On the eve of Winter Solstice, thinking about what I would write, I found this image. It so resonates. And it inspired a different direction for this post. 

In these darkest of days, I’m feeling battered. Yes. I focus on the Light. Yes. I focus on the vision and energies of peace and hope and love and compassion. Yet I am still grieving the political landscape and concerned about the horrors on the horizon. But this landscape is not of the natural world and has little, if any, concern for the natural world or human condition.

In the natural world, the Light will now return. As it does every year. In the natural world, there is the promise of new life. As there is every year. For those of us to choose to live our lives in alliance with the seasons and cycles, there is comfort. There is assurance that the cosmic rhythms and patterns will continue as they always have and always will. And when I know myself to be woven with these sacred rhythms and patterns, I know my Light to be in alliance with these greater forces.

On this Winter Solstice eve, I choose alliance with the sacred and cosmic. And with the certainty of the tides, I will continue to hold and shine my Light. 

Solstice Blessings,
Judith

December 13, 2024

But a tiny voice whispers in my mind
“You are lost, hope is gone
But you must go on
And do the next right thing”

When it’s clear that everything
will never be the same again
Then I’ll make the choice
To hear that voice
And do the next right thing

I continue to be amazed by the wisdom that comes from Disney studios. During the holidays I watched Frozen II. The messages were profound and uplifting for these times we are navigating. The graphics and music are stunning. The lyrics above are from Do The Next Right Thing.

If you haven’t yet seen it, the kingdom is in peril. The energies of the four elements, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, are not in harmony. And, spoiler alert, Elsa and Anna discover that they, with their Light, spirit, and even magic, are the fifth element necessary to restore the harmony. It’s Disney. So of course there is a happy ending.

These days I often find myself lost in what’s unfolding. But I know there is hope. It’s just a bit elusive some days. And then I choose to listen to that voice. 

May we all listen to that voice. May we continue to shine our Light and be the right thing. And in shining our Light, may we do the next right thing.

Beannacht,
Judith