I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.
Andrew Wyeth
Braveheart, dates and calendar years are not as relevant or memorable as personal anniversaries, seasons and celestial cycles for our perspective and discovery, expression and growth.
Today (12/21) is the ❄️☀️ December Solstice — the season-change to winter (northern hemisphere) and summer (southern hemisphere).
- Astronomically marking ❄️ winter and the beginning of lengthening daylight in the Northern Hemisphere (currently tilted away from the sun); summer and the beginning of shortened times of daylight in the Southern ☀️ Hemisphere (currently tilted toward the sun).
For this seasonal change, let’s be attentive to what we want (and need), and what has waited long enough.
There are defining (and guiding) limits on our time and energies and resources. We can do (most) anything—but in our humanity, we will never have the capacity to do everything.
Braveheart, as we live the various seasons of our different roles and life experiences, it is vital to notice the essential clues of our wishes and our jealousy (envy)—indications of what we desire to feel and experience.
Slow is fast enough.
When we want something—we must redirect our attention, time and energy to our thoughts + the teeny-tiny, micro-movements of action to feel and experience what we desire.
- The patterns, emotions and thoughts rooted in our past roles and experiences generously offers us lessons and foundations to add on to, reframe or (sometimes) tear down and build anew.
The psyches and souls of women have their own cycles and seasons of doing and solitude, running and staying, being involved and being removed, questing and resting, creating and incubating, being of the world and returning to the soul-place…
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Braveheart, let’s self-compassionately give attention to what we want and abide in our soul-place. And let’s allow time and space for wonder and curiosity, wandering and rest.
I wish you much peace as you move through this time in whatever way you have the energy to do so.
Thank you kindly for your presence here.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
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