The Year Turns. We
make ourselves ready, turning from the familiar towards that which waits to
emerge in our lives.
Tomorrow night is the Winter Solstice, the time of greatest
darkness of the year. Some will stand on
a bonfire lit hilltop keeping vigil for that first crack of dawn, ready to
toast in the coming year. Others will
stand in circles, declaring their intentions for this cycle to come. Still others will enact the drama of being born
into this life anew.
No matter what our style of celebration, those of us who
honor the cycles of the sun acknowledge that the time of resting in the dark
Mother’s womb is ending. When we nestled
in here at Samhain it seemed as though we might live in darkness forever but now
we make ready to re-emerge with the growing light.
As I reflect on the year that is passing and my hopes for
the one to come, I find that a deep sense of gratitude for what has been sits
right along side of that sense of “come on, let’s get on with it!” There’s a curiosity and excitement about new
possibilities that’s hard to hold back, a longing to explore what this New Year
might bring.
But even while I sit with this desire to find out what’s
coming next, the natural cycle holds the reins.
Counting down the hours, preparing special meals and finishing our
preparations to mark the year’s passing, we hold each moment precious. We can savoring this final day as though it
was fine wine, offering ourselves a sense of completion that may have been hard
won. Somewhere we know that although we
might want to rush out to meet it, what comes with the new cycle will hold none
of the familiarity of this time just finishing.
None-the-less, Sunday morning the sun will be reborn and so
will we. For life’s journey continues no
matter where we are or how we feel about it.
Sometimes we have to reach out and meet our life where it propels us
trusting that we will meet it with grace and wisdom.
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