The dark nights of the last years troubles and sorrows seem to be incapsulated in the stormy moments leading to this silent night. The hopes and fears of a nation were realized in the cries of its children as the festival of lights tries to purge this portentous moment.
But the winter will ware on and take its toll until the sounds of summer are heard in the the trumpets of spring when all will be righted, or wronged, in final moments of faith before the Fall again too soon.
I find myself strangely calm in the protective community of Hideaway with its placid landscape dotted by rolling greens and lazy lawns. But even here there is a unspoken and worried concern of future mayhem ahead if the demons of the past are not taken to term and finally laid to rest.
The Mayans and other civilizations foresaw their demise in the corruption of their society, I think, and perhaps tried to predict ours. Much as the ancient Greeks and Romans we are perched on the precipice and doomed to extinction unless lessons are learned.
Perhaps the prophecies of apocalyptic revenge ring true most when unspeakable events occur. Perhaps it is in those moments of total terror and unbearable sorrow that the universe tries to correct its course and lead us to the light?
It is now only three days till Christmas, the Christian celebration faith and love. As we all clamor to prepare for the "virgin birth" let us remember it's true meaning. It is not how many packages and presents that we purchase and present but more in the giving of our love and kindness to friends and family. Because in the end there is no better gift than that of self.
Happy Solstice my friends and Merry Christmas Tide ... May it indeed enlighten!
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