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THE Winter Solstice

December 21, 2022 @ 4:47pm EST

Solstice means “sun stands still,” and it marks a time for deep rest, reflection, and gratitude.

Winter begins as the shortest day turns into the longest night.

After this deep night, the days will begin to grow longer until summer.

Here are a few ways to enjoy the long night.

FIVE Ideas for Honoring the Longest Night of the year

1. Light a candle to bring light to the darkness.

2. Journal or reflect on your favorite memories since the previous winter solstice.

3. Take a break from sundown to sun up - from food, technology, speaking, etc.

4. Go to bed early - because good rest is the best!

5. Enjoy a winter book, movie, or poem (like the one below).

I’d love to know -

How will you enjoy the longest night of the year?

Wishing you warmth, rest, and brighter days ahead!

- 💙J

The Bear, the Fire, and the Snow

by Shel Silverstein

‘I live in fear of the snow,’ said the bear.

'Whenever it’s here, be sure I’ll be there.

Oh, the pain and the cold,

when one’s bearish and old.

I live in fear of the snow.'

‘I live in fear of the fire,’ said the snow.

'Whenever it comes then it’s time I must go.

with its yellow lick flames

leaping higher and higher,

I live in fear of the fire.'

‘I live in fear of the river,’ said the fire.

‘It can drown all my flames anytime it desires,

and the thought of the wet

makes me sputter and shiver.

I live in fear of the river.’

‘I live in fear of the bear,’ said the river.

'It can lap me right up, don’t you know?'

While a mile away

you can hear the bear say,

‘I live in fear of the snow.’

"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again."

- Lewis Carroll