Finding Our Light In The Darkness Of Winter

Finding our light in the darkness of winter.

Beloved,

We are being wrapped in the veil of darkness as we experience the longest nights of the year.

The darkness is an invitation to limit our contact with the external world and instead deepen our contact with our internal world.

The abundance of darkness is not here to judge,

To expose,

Or to unsettle.

No,

Dear ones,

Just the opposite.

The darkness is here to shelter us,

Provide us privacy,

And swaddle us in the softness of our velvety black curtains so that we can be encouraged to dive within.

Notice in this moment your breath.

Your breath is your companion,

Reminding you in this moment,

In every moment,

You are here,

You are safe,

And you are held.

Your breath reminds you that whatever you feel,

Whatever you do or have done,

Whatever has happened to you,

There is an unchanging,

Divine you always there.

Always has been there,

Always will be there.

Lean on this part of you and your breath as you explore what within myself is being asked to be seen.

What perceived flaws,

Inadequacies,

Or hurts want to be seen and tended to?

The answers to these questions might come as words,

May just come as emotions and feelings beyond description.

That is okay.

Just be with it.

Loving presence alone can heal.

We are also reminded that whatever it is,

We unearth in the palms of darkness may not be quite as it seems.

What you may see as your flaws and shortcomings may actually be part of your brilliance.

Dear ones,

We are too divine,

Too radiant to put ourselves into boxes of what we believe we should be for the world.

Instead,

What is it we must be?

Our purpose is not something we find,

It is something we are.

Therefore,

Dear ones,

You need every bit of you.

Even those parts you want hidden away in the darkness to be called forth to fully manifest your purpose.

How might your wounds,

Perceived flaws and inadequacies actually lead you to the roadmap of your purpose?

We are being so gracefully and compassionately wrapped in darkness,

Bundled up like a newborn baby to give us an opportunity to be with our full selves.

May we be gentle with ourselves in this time.

Change,

Healing and purpose do not come through force,

But through a love so pure and so brave,

It rushes toward the most exiled and shamed parts of us and reminds us these parts too are divine.