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The Winter Solstice at 4:48 pm ET on December 21 is the Sun's (re)birthday in the Northern Hemisphere and marks the start of a new solar cycle.

This morning, as my friends witnessed the last sunrise of the old solar cycle, we did a ritual to reveal what our souls most wanted us to remember about 2022. We each had an opportunity to share our reflections.

When the ritual was complete, we celebrated by hugging each other, dancing on the beach, and eating raspberries.

How are you intentionally completing 2022?

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A few days ago, I had a long layover at the Lisbon Airport.

We landed just before sunrise. I watched the sky go from black to indigo blue to gray.

A thick gray fog that cast an ashen sheen on all of the people sitting by the airport's large windows.

As the day progressed, the weather got worse and worse. Fog + fat drops of rain.

The kind of weather that swallows you whole and, for a time, leads you to believe that the sun is an illusion and all that is real is gray, wet, cold.

Then I got onto my next plane. When we rose above the cloud cover, we were met with a dazzling radiant sun and incredible beauty.

And I remembered that the dreary weather in Lisbon -- and, metaphorically, in my life -- is not the Truth.

It is a temporary experience held within
a larger,
more radiant,
more joyful,
more beautiful field.

Although Nature reminds us of this Truth constantly when we listen,

sometimes we need our fellow humans to remind us of the limitless possibilities that lie beyond the edge of our momentary distress.

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If you find yourself in a funk, remember that True Joy is your birthright and it is accessible to you,

even if
🦊 you grew up in a dysfunctional family or
🦊 you are no stranger to trauma and suffering or
🦊 enjoying your life with wild abandon seems like an impossible/implausible pipe dream.

The easiest way to cross your proverbial cloud cover is to begin tracking the micro-moments of pleasure -- aka glimmers -- in your life.

Coffee made just the way you like it.
A bite into a delicious pastry.
The sound of birds singing.
The feel of a soft blanket wrapped around your body.
Being held in a beloved's arms.
Creating beauty in your everyday life.
The scent of your bath gel.

Glimmers abound. It's just a matter of noticing them and allowing yourself to savor them for 5-30 seconds.

Bonus points for jotting them down and remembering the feeling of them later.

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