I've blogged each year on the winter solstice since I started this blog, five and a half years ago. This is the shortest day of the year. From here the nights get shorter and the days grow longer and light returns to the northern hemisphere.
As people who follow my blog know, I also blog at the end of October/start of November (aka Samhain) about the blessings of darkness. Light also has its blessings. We need light in order to see, we need light in order to find our way.
There are treasures in that darkness, but we often need light in order to find them. At this time of the year, it's the small lights that count: candles and flashlights and moonlight and starlight. Given how tough it is to find our way at this time in our world, each of us can be a bit of that light, helping others to find their way and helping to find what is hidden in the fertile darkness around us.
I write this, of course, from my own challenge of finding my way and helping others find theirs. I'm a bit lost at the moment. I know where I want to go and I'm not sure how to get there. But this is the season of wandering. With the light returning, hopefully the way will become clearer.
Quote of the Day: "There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton
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