Happy Holidays 2008

May your Holidays be filled with peace, love, joy, good health and the warmth of family & friends.

Photo of “The Lady with the Unicorn”.

O the Ivy O, she’s the Queen of old, and the Holly he is red. Hang ‘en high in the farm, and us won’t come to no harm Till the Christmas days be told. – Old Somerset Carol.

Winter Solstice

December is the darkest month of the year and many of us experience sadness and depression as the days grow shorter and the nights longer. On the Winter Solstice, it’s as if the earth holds it’s breath during this time of transition between dark and light, cold and warmth, shortage and abundance, life and death.

The cold, dark, gloomy days may make us feel that the darkness is ever closing in, tightening it’s grip on us, yet the wheel of the year is now turning toward the light, so gather your loved ones close, read stories to one another, light candles, celebrate with song, food and give thanks for everything you have.

“Stories are medicine. I have been taken with stories since I heard my first. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act, anything — we need only listen.” -Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Friday

It’s been a rather busy day and I am looking forward to a hot bath and a good nights sleep.

Celtic Woman is one of my favorite all time groups and I love listening to their music. Here’s one of my favorite Holiday songs performed by the group.

Have a great weekend!

Celtic Woman – Carol Of The Bells

Wisdom

“The highest form of wisdom is kindness” -The Talmud

R.  Carlos Nakai & Nawang Khechog “Wisdom”

“We must become the change we want to see.” – Mahatma Gandhi