Passing Through the Portal of the Winter Solstice

Today is the Winter Solstice and a powerful turning point in time. It marks the first day of Winter, the longest night and shortest day of the entire year, and translating "solstice," the stilling, or stopping, of the Sun.

Perhaps you're experiencing themes of surrender, slowing down, and recognizing negative or unnecessary patterns that you no longer want to participate in.

Perhaps you're beginning to consider what it means to sacrifice the burdens of fear, guilt, or shame you've been carrying from the past in service of building more joy, passion, and freedom into your life now and in the future to come.

Perhaps, on this auspicious ending, you are feeling called to stop suppressing grief and other emotions so they may run their course, liberating the gifts of strength, hope, and gratitude to spring abundantly in your next new beginning.

Perhaps today, you are awakened more than ever to the preciousness of time, your life, and living in the flow of purpose because nothing is guaranteed.

It is a turning point.

A turning within to allow the Light inside to guide us through the wilderness of this longest night towards a new horizon. To illuminate new paths and the multiplicity of possibility. And to allow endings to end so the wheel of time may continue turning.

And tomorrow, upon the breaking of morning on 12/22/21, days will begin to lengthen and nights will now shorten, marking the new birth of the Sun and the return of Light to the Earth. And we pass through this portal of collective rebirth, we step up to experience the beginning of what is new and still to be discovered, both within and without. And a resurgence of faith, hope, and trust in our power to heal, overcome, and contribute meaningfully to the realization of World Peace.

So on this Winter Solstice, do your best to allow stillness in. Embrace the power of surrendering to a full stop, like the Sun. Affirm the light and warmth of Spirit that resides within you, guiding you ever towards greater heights of joy, deeper depths of fulfillment, and more meaningful alignment with God’s Will and your purpose for being here. And step towards the promise of Spring and let us, together, manifest new beginnings for us all.