Darkness can be healing. Darkness can be nurturing. Darkness can be a place of growth and transformation. In the Northern Hemisphere, today is the darkest day of the year–let us embrace that darkness as beautiful and magnificent.
How do you embrace the darkness?
The final Sunday of Advent is used to prepare ourselves to work for peace. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King famously said that “true peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”
How are you creating true peace in the world around you?
In the Eastern United States, fireflies light up summer nights. In the cold of winter, their larvae grow under the ground, glowing all the while. They shine their lights under the Earth as they wait to emerge in the spring.
How do you shine your light in ways that no one sees?
The sun silently slips below the horizon, heralding the end of another day.
Remember a sunset that you have watched. How do you prepare yourself for tomorrow?
Our bodies are part of our spiritual journeys. The attention we give to healing our bodies is attention we give to healing our spirits.
Where and how is your body the most comfortable? How can you care for your body today?
