Saturday, December 21, 2024

Shortest Day and Longest Night

Sun through trees and clouds, Winter Solstice 2024
Photo by Sharon Vardatira, North Amherst MA

๐‘ท๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’‡๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“; ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’•๐’†๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’š ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’“. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’†. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‚๐’…๐’‚๐’‘๐’•. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’‘๐’‰๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’๐’–๐’ˆ๐’‰. ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰๐’…๐’“๐’‚๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…, ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’™๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’›๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’”, ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’–๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’‡๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•; ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’„๐’„๐’–๐’“๐’”. ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’† ๐’„๐’š๐’„๐’๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’„๐’“๐’–๐’„๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†. ~ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

Now winter solstice is upon us. Today will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. In this season of introspection and renewal, may you find strength in stillness, wisdom among the trees and rivers, and the inspiration to transform like the ever-changing skies above.

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