Happy Winter Solstice

 The light is returning!

Our longest night has given us time to come together and share our many blessings from this past year. And of course to let go of any of the negative energies we might have become attached to. A virtual gathering is a blessing...to have electricity and some technology which sends and receives wi-fi signals.

The old threads are unraveling,

The old threads are unraveling,

Get your needles ready.

We are stitching a new quilt

of Humanity.

Bring your old t-shirts,

worn out jeans, scarves,

antique gowns, aprons,

old pockets of plenty

who have held Earth's treasures,

stones, feathers, leaves,

love notes on paper.

Each stitch

A mindful meditation.

Each piece of material

A story.

The more colour the better,

so call in the Tribes.

Threads of browns, whites,

reds, oranges

Women from all nations

start stitching.

Let's recycle the hate, the abuse,

the fear, the judgment.

Turn it over, wash it clean,

ring it out to dry.

It's a revolution

of recycled wears.

Threads of greens, blues, purples

Colourful threads

of peace, kindness,

respect, compassion

are being stitched

from one continent to the next

over forests, oceans, mountains.

The work is hard

Your fingers may bleed.

But each cloth stitched together

Brings together a community.

A world, our future world

Under one colourful quilt.

The new quilt of humanity.

~Julia Myers

2020's Winter Solstice (when the tilt of the earth changes) occurs at 5:02 am EST tonight.