Solstice- The Perfect Balance of Darkness and Light

As we approach the longest day, nature reminds us of the perfect balance of darkness and light. The cycles reveal the need for both rest and play, the need to embrace all parts of the whole. So at this time of light and warmth, embrace the light within you, allow it to flow through you, to wash over you. Bringing balance and equilibrium to all the dark places that need to be loved.
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Breathing in and breathing out. We release the need to plan and control. We listen. Just like the tides and the seasons we accept that the moment is ever changing, nothing stays the same. At the end of the day – there is night – and at the end of every night there is a sunrise.

Whatever our experience. Whatever we feel in this moment we can be grateful for it. We surrender the need to be wrong or right and embrace the situation with love and forgiveness. Whatever we are experiencing, imagine the light of love surrounding you. Nurturing you. Giving you what you need in this moment.
 
The solstice literally means “Sun still” a time of reflection as the sun appears to stop in the heavens before transforming its path back towards shorter days. I invite you to take a step out into the sun this week. To feel the blessings of summer all around. To breathe and connect with God manifest. The earth, the trees, the flowers. These gifts are all there, basking in the sunlight, waiting for you to join them.
 
“I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.” – John 12:46 
 
Stefanie Bridges
Unity Administrator and student