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i have color.  no one should worry that i don't have enough.  I have enough for the Real.   I wanted more for the anger of the other evening,  but only to feed the anger.   i have enough for all things worthy of feeding.

 


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Solstice.   the POINT in a year unlike any other year i have known.   Tonight will pass and tomorrow this EARTH,  this HOME,  this giver of Life to all Life i know will once again turn us toward the light.  So that we can live.   The word Steadfast appeared.  

i think.  Steadfast.   what all that might mean.   I want to be Steadfast in my allegiance to this Earth.   I thought that i would wake to write the word across my pulse,  every morning.   To help me remember that that is the center of my days.   To be steadfast in my love,  in my intention to Learn,  in my effort to express.     no matter.  no matter what all churns in the world around me.  To hold that allegiance above all else….above fear above anger above ignorance.   Blessed be this Night.  

 

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12 responses to “Solstice winter 2019”

  1. deb Avatar
    deb

    A candle lit against the darkness here. Words are not coming tonight, so I hold yours close. I don’t know if there is a traditional salutation for this night, but I like L’chaim!

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  2. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Blessed be this night! Oh Grace so beautifully said .. I’ll soon be going to bed and in my minds eye envision you held close under your quilt dreaming of all your WonderFull tomorrows. Good night and sweet dreams .. yes Blessed be this night.

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  3. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    Steadfast. That’s the word. Brilliant.

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    I love to look up words on m-w.com … even when I think I know them … in fact, especially then …
    so this …
    Definition of steadfast
    1a : firmly fixed in place : immovable
    1b : not subject to change
    2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence : loyal
    Thank you for your steadfast presence here … may we all do what we can to make the coming year a better one …

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  5. Deb G Avatar

    Steadfast is a powerful word. It’s funny to see Liz’s definition include “immovable” because I think of it as a direction. I wonder about beliefs that we hold so tightly? That thought is a reflection of my current reading/listening coming up. πŸ™‚ Much love and all the color you need…

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s good…L’chaim, it is exactly good

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes, this night. I love
    this night.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is so much a heartbeat

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    firm in the conviction that LOOKING, LEARNING, WILLINGNESS is of the utmost

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s belief in being OPEN. Belief in knowing that we can’t KNOW, there is no knowing. just belief in the constant
    LOOKING

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  11. Deb G Avatar

    I think that’s what I love the most about reading/listening to Rovelli, the respect for the mystery and unknowable. I am steadfast about that too. Thinking more about the word steadfast and how it applies to direction for me…For some reason it stays with me as the sense of being out on the boat as a child knowing that the direction set was for home…

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    i love this, yes!, the direction is Home.

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