Monday 22 December 2014

Book Advent Calendar Day 21: Happy Solstice to you

Happy Solstice to you, dear and gentle readers.  It is now the turning of the year and the sun will stay gradually longer each day. 
                          
Winter is not all bad.  It does give us an excuse time to be indoors and read by the fire.  There is a quietness that settles on the earth and in the air up here in the northern hemisphere in our winter.  A time to be still, to dream, and to wait.   Creativity and growth and new life can only come after a time of darkness, and planting seeds.  In my life, in the midst of this PTSD crisis I have been in for the past two months, there is a slow change in me, a settling down again of some of what was stirred up.  The soul has it's own time.  So I am learning how to sit still, and what being peaceful feels like.  These are good things for me.  It's good that it is winter now, I think.  It matches what I need inside me.  I am certainly more calmer than I was, though the anxiety is there, just under the surface. 

My wish for you and for myself  is:   May the coming year be filled with peace, contentment, and many good new books.    May the light increase in your life, and mine.                   

4 comments:

Belle Wong said...

This is so beautiful, Susan. Wishing you the same.

Janet said...

Susan, what a beautiful sentiment. I love winter (until it lasts beyond March 21) and I love snuggling up with a good book. I send you my good wishes for a peaceful book-filled new year.

Margaret @ BooksPlease said...

I wish you peace and joy for Christmas and in the New Year too.

Susan said...

Belle: thank you so much!! I'm happy you enjoyed it so much :-)

Janet: Thank you for you lovely wishes also, Janet. I love how you phrase it 'book-filled new year.' Perfect!

Margaret: Thank you so much for your wishes also.