Today is Winter Solstice. A day where the light of day is shortest and the dark of night is longest.
Perhaps your life is filled with lots of darkness right now. Confusion. Chaos. Uncertainty. Anxiety. Hopelessness. Whatever it may be, you find yourself in a season where light is overwhelmed by darkness.
If that’s you, I hope you’ll be encouraged by this wonderful poem I read today by Abby Ball:
May the darkness be a friend
making room for your grief, your sorrow and your despair,
holding the places of your pain with tenderness and compassion.
May the darkness be somewhere to rest;
a place you can close your eyes, lay down your weary head,
and sink into deep, peaceful sleep.
May the darkness be a nourishing soil
where unseen strength gathers and grows,
like roots sinking deep into earthy goodness.
May the darkness be a womb
where something new is beginning;
nurtured and protected until it is ready to be born.
May the darkness be a glorious backdrop
accentuating each small light
that shows you the way home.