December

DECEMBER

TS Eliot calls Winter Solstice ‘The still point of the turning world’. A time to hold still, right there in the heart of the dark. A sacred pause, in the place between stories. Winter Solstice is a time of renewal. It’s a time to immerse ourselves in the cycles of nature: of death and rebirth, of darkness and light. It’s a time to think about change and transformation, letting the long, cold dark strip us down to the bare bones. Let winter strip us bare like an old oak tree. Letting the final leaves that we’re clinging onto fall. Letting it all fall and see what still holds us upright.
Darkness is not just a lack of light. It isn’t even the opposite of light. It is a wonderful, tangible thing with characteristics all of its own. Darkness is the place where life comes from. Darkness is the great melting pot, the great cauldron of creativity, the womb, the cocoon, the cave. Darkness is a great, wondrous thing of beauty. This is the season of the dark; whilst nevertheless hoping for the return of the light, we should celebrate the beauty of the dark...TS Eliot goes on to write ‘At the still point, there the dance is’.
- Sharon Blackie

The gifts you willingly give to others
The ones that heal their heart
and brighten their path
Are the very ones you need to heal your own heart
​and brighten your own path.
Love Light and Shadow dear ones.